In an earlier post, I commented that how the Obama Administration responds to the harsh and inhumane military incarceration of Pfc. Bradley Manning would speak volumes about this nation's leadership, the state of the presidency and the government.
The New York Times today reported on the President's direct response to a reporter's inquiry about Manning, who is accused (not convicted) of leaking thousands of government documents to WikiLeaks.
Bottomline: The "Commander-in-Chief" takes his orders from the military. Barack Obama is doing nothing to end Manning's abusive retreatment.
Read the story ... and weep.
After you wipe away the tears, write to protest HERE.
>> [...] Manning, who is accused (not convicted) of leaking thousands of government documents to WikiLeaks.
ReplyDeleteI considered responding to your earlier post, but will do so here. The concept of innocent until proven guilty does not preclude one party discussing the prosecution's case.
The way it is typically presented comes out more as willful blindness, and an insistence in innocent with no possibility of guilt. I don't think there is any doubt whatsoever that Manning committed the act of passing the data to Assange.
This is unrelated to any mitigation pleas which may be put in or my own unease at his treatment (compared to Assange who is suffering the indignation of wandering around a large English country house.
~alec