The restrictions on the Bradley Manning case are so extreme that the public is blocked out from any record of what is happening inside the courtroom except through wood of mouth of the reporters that are let in to view the proceedings. The results from Day 2 are in and it is that they are painting Private Manning into someone who knew was aiding the enemy...and that he and Julian Assange wanted to help Al-Qaeda from the start. I guess we see why Mr. Assange is not leaving his Ecuadorean asylum anytime soon. "Check in with Kevin Gosztola and Alexa O’Brien, who are both covering the proceedings, for regular updates and commentary. According to Gosztola, here and here from Day 1 of the trial, it is clear that the government will be painting Manning as an arrogant, small man who “dumped” a load of classified info on the Internet, despite being trained on the consequences of allowing such information to get into the wrong hands. Gosztola describes the Army’s opening salvo: [Military prosecutor Capt. Joe Morrow] declared, “This is not a case about a government official” making discreet disclosures. It is a case about a soldier who “literally dumped” information on the Internet “into the hands of the enemy.” It is a case about “what happens when arrogance meets access to information.” Morrow added that Manning’s training repeatedly had warned him of the “enemies’ use of the Internet writ large.” He had conducted research that warned him of the “enemies’ use of WikiLeaks.” He knew the dangers of “unauthorized disclosure to an organization like WikiLeaks and he ignored that evidence.” Manning violated superior officers and engaged in an act to the “aid of our adversaries.” He used his military training to “gain notoriety.” He “knew the consequences of his actions and disregarded that for self-interest…(clip) Manning, the military prosecutor argued, knew there was a “great value to our adversaries and in particular our enemies.”"
Posted on: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:26:56 +0000
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