tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274513.post9190016153398453174..comments2024-03-17T00:59:07.795-07:00Comments on The Red Electric: George W. Obama and Abu QuanticoRick Seiferthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11249323390100558270noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274513.post-58227284800375847872011-03-13T06:17:42.791-07:002011-03-13T06:17:42.791-07:00>> [...] Manning, who is accused (not convic...>> [...] Manning, who is accused (not convicted) of leaking thousands of government documents to WikiLeaks.<br /><br />I 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><br />~alecAlec Macphnoreply@blogger.com