“In a show trial/kangaroo court with an American twist, worthy of the Cultural Revolution in 1960s China, Bradley Manning was predictably found guilty of multiple counts of violating the Espionage Act. If only Walter Benjamin were alive to see the Angel of History once again throwing one of his trademark lightning bolts of irony; Manning was pronounced guilty of being a spy – by a Pentagon judge – just next door to Spy Central, the NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland.”
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-01-310713.html
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