Bradley Manning

For those of you who may know me I have a "Friend" (on the Internet people you've never met can be your friend" ) named Doug Mataconis. Doug and I disagree a lot on matters of law, the constitution, and politics. But from time to time Doug and I agree.... this is one of those times

This is what makes what Manning and Wikileaks so dangerous, and why I think its perfectly proper to pursue criminal charges against him. Contrary to the pronouncements of his supporters, it seems apparent from the evidence that we are aware of that Private Manning was not some noble whistleblower trying to make public evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the U.S. military during the War in Iraq. If that were the case, then he would have only leaked discrete pieces of information about specific acts. He didn’t do that, he stole gigabytes worth of information without much real regard for what he was passing along to a shadowy organization led by a man with an agenda that nobody has ever really been able to figure out. That isn’t the action of a whistleblower, it’s the action of a man who doesn’t care about the consequences of his actions.

I recommend you read Doug's Legal Analysis. But this paragraph right here sums everything up. Manning wasn't a whistleblower. Some one asked for people to steal lots of data from the US Government and Manning stole it.

He deserves to go to jail for as long as the Court Sentences him to Serve