Petition to remove DA Ortiz reaches 25,000 signatures

Re:Petition to remove DA Ortiz reaches 25,000 signatures by phaus on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @10:11AM (#5060438)

Bradley Manning stole over 700,000 classified documents and handed them over to a hostile foreign national. Not because he wanted to make the world a better place, but because he didn't like being in the Army. That is not responsible disclosure by any stretch of the imagination.

Even if government employees were protected for blowing the whistle, what about the 690-something thousand documents that had absolutely nothing to do with anything sinister? Why didn't he even make the slightest attempt to bring light to the issue through official channels? You can't go to court and say that the system would have failed you if you didn't even give it a chance.

I'm not saying he deserves life in prison or anything, but make no mistake, he's a traitor, not a patriot.

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Re:Petition to remove DA Ortiz reaches 25,000 signatures by spin on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @05:59PM (#5063692)

But when HSBC helps Iranians launder money, that gets a free pass?

You said "I'm not saying he deserves life in prison or anything..." that's exactly my point. Important People get a free pass. Low-level geeks get crushed under the full weight of the law.

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Re:Petition to remove DA Ortiz reaches 25,000 signatures by phaus on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @08:25PM (#5064492)

I get your point, I just can't stand seeing people mention him in the same breath as people who don't belong in prison at all. When uninformed people see them all lumped together like that, they are likely to start assuming things about the other guys.

You are correct though, if you aren't important, you are pretty much screwed.

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