Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case

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[Perdogg]

FORT MEADE, Md. — A military judge has sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for giving a trove of military and diplomatic secrets to the website WikiLeaks.

[NFHale]

“...the government had to prove his intent was to pass info directly to, not indirectly, specific known enemy spies, ...”

Don’t think for a moment HE didn’t know that ahead of time. He was coached on what and how-to.

That’s the guy they need to find as well.

[DoughtyOne]

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[NFHale]

“...I was closely involved in the Clyde Conrad spy caper in the 8th Infantry Division in Bad Kreuznach in the 80’s...”

I remember those days. That was back when we were FIGHTING communists...

...instead of electing them, and apparently taking orders from them.

[fwdude]

He will eligible for parole in 11 years.

Do you know this as a fact? I was under the impression that a federal sentence is fully served.

[fwdude]

Is he allowed to wear his wig and dress for all 35 years?

It's every bit conceivable, the way things are going, that he'll get the full "lopitophomy" surgery, tax-payer funded.

[centurion316]

I have discovered a few things since my Post #59.

SGT Roderick Ramsay was apparently released from Federal Prison sometime around 2004 (he was sentenced to 36 years in 1992). According to the blog post, he was also later arrested for robbery in 2007 and served time for that offense. More here:

http://open.salon.com/blog/ellipses/2011/07/16/nobody_waits_tables_better_the_spy_who_served_me

So, I think that it’s safe to assume that Manning might serve about 10 years, more or less. For a peak at his future life, go here:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130821/DA8ADKU01.html

[Pan_Yan]

Kurt Lessenthien is spending 27 years in prison and never actually managed to pass a secret. I guess it pays to be gay.

[ErnBatavia]

The legal beagles on FOX were all saying he’d be eligible after serving one third of the sentence.

[a fool in paradise]

The Democrats have found their 2042 presidential candidate!

[RedMonqey]

You’re assuming Odinga is going to ever leave...

I think hillary and her goon squad will make sure he leaves office....

It's whether it's on his feet or in a pine box.

And make it look like a tea partyer did it !!!

She's chomping at the bit for power...

[Hawthorn]

>> Should be facing a firing squad <<

No, that’s not for traitors. He needs the noose.

[RedMonqey]

Don’t think for a moment HE didn’t know that ahead of time.

I agree this little cross dressing faggot should've hung in the breeze for what he intentionally did.

You're right, he damned well knew what he was doing. For whatever sorry excuse he claims, I don't care what bug he had up his A**, it's the results of his actions that earned him an "old fashion necktie party dance"

[NFHale]

“...You’re right, he damned well knew what he was doing. ...”

Like another poster said up-thread - he had access to things he had no “need to know” and should NOT have had access to.

They need to find the mole that was providing him direction, access, and material.

And hang THAT sonofab*tch as well.

[RedMonqey]

Just as Clinton pardoned his greatest supporters, Marc Rich.

And the wheels go round and round....

[RedMonqey]

Am I the only one who found it somewhat offensive to see Manning paraded before the cameras each day in his dress uniform?

yeah it stinks but now that the courts found him guilty, he's been busted and it's prisoner fare for him.

Even in the Army, you are innocent until proven guilty.

Just as the Ft. Hood shooter still has the rank and privileges(albeit limited) to the rank he has.

[DemforBush]

I personally feel 35 years is too light a sentence.

Wish they still had hard labor as a punishment. That would make those 35 years a bit longer, so to speak.

[RedMonqey]

They need to find the mole that was providing him direction, access, and material.

They should start at the local gay bar.... IMHO it's a homo circle of queer/computer hackers/ malcontents in the Army with a grudge against "Don't Ask/Don't Tell"policy and the country as a whole...

[SVTCobra03]

What a joke. I wonder how many people are going to die because of what he did. This country is a disgrace. He’ll be out in ten.

They said on the news today that with time off for good behavior he could be out in less than eight years.

[NFHale]

I’m inclined to think it was a closeted higher-up, who’s now sh*tting his/her fatigues...

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

THINKING THE SAME THING.