On the whole in this blog I’ve tried to avoid discussing the
internal affairs of other countries unless they impinge on the wider global community.
The trial of Bradley Manning seems to fall into that second category because
the US is so universally generous with its hegemony.
Regardless of whether passing
the information to WikiLeaks was morally justifiable or not, if the reports
from Manning's trial are true, then he was evidentially unsuitable for having access
to that confidential material, and the fault lies with his inadequate supervisor,
who didn’t notice or act on that evidence. To make Manning
himself the scapegoat for a failed system would be a shameful travesty of
justice - but, sadly, that's unlikely to affect the outcome.
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