We shouldn't be looking backwards
June 7, 2010 8:36 PM Subscribe
"Wikileaker" arrested. "Manning was turned in late last month by a former computer hacker with whom he spoke online. In the course of their chats, Manning took credit for leaking a headline-making video of a helicopter attack that Wikileaks posted online in April. The video showed a deadly 2007 U.S. helicopter air strike in Baghdad that claimed the lives of several innocent civilians."
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I heard he walked into a bar and said, "Ouch!"
posted by codswallop at 8:40 PM on June 7, 2010
posted by codswallop at 8:40 PM on June 7, 2010
Oh man. I remember hearing accounts of the attack on Democracy Now a couple months ago. It had me in seething tears at the time.
This is really shitty.
posted by dunkadunc at 8:49 PM on June 7, 2010
This is really shitty.
posted by dunkadunc at 8:49 PM on June 7, 2010
It’s really no surprise that the Army is interesting in arresting leakers, but it’s a reminder of what weak tea the notion that there can be no prosecutions of Bush administration officials because that would be "looking backwards" instead of forwards is.
Boy, I hope Manning's sentence isn't as tough as that one!
posted by Sys Rq at 9:03 PM on June 7, 2010
Boy, I hope Manning's sentence isn't as tough as that one!
posted by Sys Rq at 9:03 PM on June 7, 2010
Well, we all knew that this "not looking backwards" stuff was total and utter horseshit.
Maybe if we all hope (really, really hard) Obama will actually stand up for something other than the same old same old.
posted by dunkadunc at 9:21 PM on June 7, 2010
Maybe if we all hope (really, really hard) Obama will actually stand up for something other than the same old same old.
posted by dunkadunc at 9:21 PM on June 7, 2010
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