How are the statements of President Obama and Secretary Clinton consistent with charging Manning with a death penalty offense based on allegations of leaking documents that showed war crimes as well as crimes by U.S. diplomats? How is it consistent with the rule of law to punish Manning before he is convicted and hold him in solitary confinement with forced nudity? Doesn't the United States like other countries need informed citizens who can hold their government accountable?
The president and secretary of state should apply the standards they tell the rest of the world to live up to, to the United States and in particular to Bradley Manning. If they did not only would he be released on bail but the charges against him would be dropped and he would be proclaimed a hero for living up to the greatest ideals of patriotic Americans, generations of whom have worked to create a more perfect union.
Kevin Zeese serves on the steering committee of the Bradley Manning Support Network.
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