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In reply to the discussion: I wonder if Bradley Manning's torture encouraged Snowden to leave the US [View all]pscot
(21,024 posts)130. Probably indiscrete
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I wonder if Bradley Manning's torture encouraged Snowden to leave the US [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Jun 2013
OP
Those that want life to be easy would agree. Kill Snowden and life goes back to wonderfulness.
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#122
Torture is a tool of terrorists. Scare the shit out of the population for control purposes. nm
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#133
Soldiers without due process all the while using them as a shield of spreading freedom. Nothing
midnight
Jun 2013
#116
That's funny. Your always coming up with the craziest consiracy theories. What
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#13
Bradley Manning's treatment was cruel and inhuman, UN torture chief rules
MannyGoldstein
Jun 2013
#17
Ed Pilkington evidently suffers from a reading comprehension problem. The UN
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#54
Thanks for that. I did remember reading something about it, and I wasn't sure if it
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#151
No, he wasn't held in solitary; and it's been clear since charges were filed in early July 2010 that
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#167
Manning has pleaded guilty without any concession from the prosecution
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#170
How can you say that to those that have worked so hard to craft their denial bubble. nm
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#125
It did not encourage Snowden not to spy. It is becoming oblivious Snowden is not
Thinkingabout
Jun 2013
#28
spying is giving/selling information to an enemy -- guess that makes you an enemy of the state
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#30
Check the definition of spying again, it is exactly what scumbag Snowden did.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2013
#33
it's bound to happen, what with all those rats jumping from the republican garbage scow.
frylock
Jun 2013
#57
Well, that's all very nice and everything, but do you have something more than your own opinion on
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#56
The American people is the enemy of the state the government fears most. n/t
backscatter712
Jun 2013
#115
Hahahaha! Couldn't be all the TSSI stuff he stole to give to Russia, China, etc.
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#48
Or Russia. Sheee-it. Ole Vladimir knows a thing or two about how to torture personally.
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#66
Whoa, whoa, whoa! You actually think Barack Obama would be OK with TORTURE?
Pterodactyl
Jun 2013
#51
He was certainly in control when we killed Osama Bin Laden. But then not in control of Gitmo.
Pterodactyl
Jun 2013
#173
Manning's torture and NSA spying and Gitmo and all have made me seriously consider leaving, too
Demeter
Jun 2013
#61
Greenwald reported that Snowden considered both Manning and Assange, what they did and didn't do
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2013
#65
If true, then the White House's work to terrorize whistleblowers has backfired
MannyGoldstein
Jun 2013
#68
True. As a manager, I've found that nothing obliterates morale worse than
MannyGoldstein
Jun 2013
#70
What or who encouraged him to take all the documents about US spying on foreign countries?
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#78
He could have left and only taken documents related to internal US surveillance,
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#87
"Conjugal visits" for prison rape, "Drug holidays" for withholding of medication from prisoners. n/t
backscatter712
Jun 2013
#110
And "Liberal" for politicians that support indefinite detention, signature strikes,
Maedhros
Jun 2013
#139
No, I think his INTENT TO PASS SECRET NSA DOCUMENTS TO MULTIPLE FOREIGN COUNTRIES DID.
KittyWampus
Jun 2013
#103
That's what happens when whistleblowers don't have internal channels to go through.
backscatter712
Jun 2013
#108
The more you tighten your grip, the more leakers will slip through your fingers (nt)
Babel_17
Jun 2013
#164