Re: WikiLeaks
Doug Pensinger <[email protected]>
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Jon wrote: > Anyone with clearance to that level is > personally responsible and signed an oath. > 23-year-old, Bradley Manning, a US army > intelligence analyst, e-mailed former hacker, > Adrian Lamo, bragging that he leaked the > diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, along with a > highly classified video of U.S. forces killing > unarmed civilians in Baghdad. He is currently > being held and charged with transferring > classified national defense information to an > unauthorized source. He faces court martial > and up to 52 years in prison. > Jon Mann They teach you in the military that there are such things as illegal orders. I would argue that there should also be illegal secrecy. Keeping a war crime a secret would qualify. Doug