“The government’s charge that Manning ‘aided and abetted the enemy,’ which carries a possible life-sentence in prison, is based on the argument that the information Manning leaked was of interest to Osama bin Laden and other terrorist organizations. But as Glenn Greenwald points out in a recent Guardian column, the prosecution’s theory poses a serious threat to the freedom of the press and turns virtually all leaks and whisteblowing into a form of treason. Since bin Laden claimed to have read and recommended Bob Woodward’s journalism, should Woodward also be locked in solitary confinement and stripped of his clothing?”
http://libertycrier.com/bradley-manning-trial-aiding-the-enemy-charge-is-a-travesty-of-justice/
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