"In effect, Lind ruled that Manning was guilty of espionage rather than treason, and under her..."

“In effect, Lind ruled that Manning was guilty of espionage rather than treason, and under her ruling, he could still go to jail for the rest of his life. That’s scant consolation to defenders of the First Amendment or to people like myself who believe that the country has still not recovered from the nightmare of the Bush administration foreign policies. Or who find it disturbing that while Manning languishes in prison, Dick Cheney goes fishing.”



- Meanwhile, Cheney Goes Fishing. By John B. Judis. (via thenewrepublic)

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