Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years
by chris_mahan on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @12:39PM
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There are many people who vote in America who are not ready to pardon the administration.
Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years
by Shivetya on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @12:39PM
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Obama could do it on his way out.
Obama should do it now, but I will be fine if he waits, just as long as he does it. Until then Manning's incarceration will serve as a focal point to the dishonesty that pervades our government.
The most worrisome aspect to me is that the administration does not appear to be remotely open to pardoning either Manning or Snowden, while at the same time ignoring the abuses each revealed.
Before this happened, I would have expected the response to be more measured and would have expected there to be some kind of review/investigation of the crimes revealed by the leaks in tandem with attempts to punish the whistleblower... then later after the investigation a possible pardon.
That we are not seeing this happen makes me wonder if I am wrong about the degree to which we have the rule of law in the US.