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August 22, 2013 02:26 am GMT
Wikileaks source Private Bradley Manning was slapped with a 35-year prison sentence today — the largest sentence ever of its kind. “It’s further indication that the Executive Branch is very serious about discouraging classified documents,” Yale Law School professor Eugene Fidell tells me. “It struck me that it was a little on the high side, but within the range of reasonableness.” Manning is responsible for arguably the largest data leak in U.S. history: 250,000 sensitive diplomatic cables to the rogue journalism outfit, Wikileaks. The cables preceded mass upheaval in the Middle East and arewidely considered a factor in the 2009 Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. As a result, his punishment has no comparable precedent. In 1985, for instance, Naval Intelligence Officer Samuel Morison was sentenced to two years for leaking satellite surveillance photographs (President Clinton eventually pardoned him). While Obama is a pioneer in non-classified open government, he has been aggressively anti-leak. In a cordial, but testy exchange with Bradley Manning supporter Logan Price at an expensive fundraising breakfast in San Francisco in April, Obama had this to say: Obama: Look, there are better ways and more appropriate ways to bring this up than interrupting and causing a scene Price: I understand. Thats why I am asking you now. I wasnt singing or chanting and I want to know. I think he is the most important whistleblower of my generation. Why is he being prosecuted? Obama: Well, what he did was irresponsible and risked the lives of service members abroad. He did a lot of damage. So people can have philosophical views on Price: But I havent seen any evidence of that, and how can you say that the leaks did more harm than good? What about their effect on the democratic revolutions in the Arab world? And isnt this going to help the war on terror? Obama: No, no, no, but look, I cant conduct diplomacy on an open source [basis]. Thats not how the world works. And if youre in the military I have to abide by certain rules of classified information. If I were to release material I werent allowed to, Id be breaking the law. Were a nation of laws. We dont let individuals make their own decisions about how the laws operate. The Secret Service was beginning to tug on Prices arm, but Obama waved them off. No hes being fine, he told
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Bradley Manning's Tough Sentence Shows White House's Uncompromising War On Data Leakers
Wikileaks source Private Bradley Manning was slapped with a 35-year prison sentence today — the largest sentence ever of its kind. “It’s further indication that the Executive Branch is very serious about discouraging classified documents,” Yale Law School professor Eugene Fidell tells me. “It struck me that it was a little on the high side, but within the range of reasonableness.” Manning is responsible for arguably the largest data leak in U.S. history: 250,000 sensitive diplomatic cables to the rogue journalism outfit, Wikileaks. The cables preceded mass upheaval in the Middle East and arewidely considered a factor in the 2009 Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. As a result, his punishment has no comparable precedent. In 1985, for instance, Naval Intelligence Officer Samuel Morison was sentenced to two years for leaking satellite surveillance photographs (President Clinton eventually pardoned him). While Obama is a pioneer in non-classified open government, he has been aggressively anti-leak. In a cordial, but testy exchange with Bradley Manning supporter Logan Price at an expensive fundraising breakfast in San Francisco in April, Obama had this to say: Obama: Look, there are better ways and more appropriate ways to bring this up than interrupting and causing a scene Price: I understand. Thats why I am asking you now. I wasnt singing or chanting and I want to know. I think he is the most important whistleblower of my generation. Why is he being prosecuted? Obama: Well, what he did was irresponsible and risked the lives of service members abroad. He did a lot of damage. So people can have philosophical views on Price: But I havent seen any evidence of that, and how can you say that the leaks did more harm than good? What about their effect on the democratic revolutions in the Arab world? And isnt this going to help the war on terror? Obama: No, no, no, but look, I cant conduct diplomacy on an open source [basis]. Thats not how the world works. And if youre in the military I have to abide by certain rules of classified information. If I were to release material I werent allowed to, Id be breaking the law. Were a nation of laws. We dont let individuals make their own decisions about how the laws operate. The Secret Service was beginning to tug on Prices arm, but Obama waved them off. No hes being fine, he toldOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/-5lUmECUWB0/
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