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Sunday, April 29, 2012

A long Sunday and some good news...

As I sit in my chair after the Ride for Kids 2012 (future post coming) and I'm watching Leslie Stahl make a compete ass out of herself interviewing Jose Rodriguez who supervised enhanced interrogation against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (another post to follow), the girls are acting life they are passing a kidney stone for cleaning their room. Ah, ain't family life grand.

But I did get some really good news on our greatest recent traitor.

No Luck for Bradley Manning: More Motions Denied in WikiLeaks Case

The judge in the case of accused WikiLeaker PFC Bradley Manning has denied a defense motion to dismiss the charge of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge Manning will face during his court martial.

On the third and final day of pre-trial hearings in Manning’s case, presiding judge Col. Denise Lind on Thursday denied two other defense motions. They included an assertion that prosecutors unreasonably multiplied charges against Manning, and a motion to dismiss a charge dealing with publishing information on the Internet knowing the enemy has access to the Web.

Manning’s civilian defense counsel, David Coombs, argued on Wednesday that the charge of aiding the enemy was too vague.

Outlining specific instructions in her decision to deny the motion, Lind told the government that it must prove Manning knew that by putting information on the WikiLeaks site the enemy would access it...

...Manning faces 22 charges, including aiding the enemy, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the Internet knowing that it is accessible to the enemy, theft of public property or records, and transmitting defense information...

...The judge also disagreed with the defense’s argument that the charge Manning faces for “wrongfully and wantonly caus[ing] [information] to be published on the Internet” knowing it would be accessed by the enemy is redundant, saying it is not preempted by the charge of “aiding the enemy.” She said that the alleged crimes were distinct and separate criminal acts.
Mr Coombs I think the government will have little problem showing your client, the traitor Bradley Manning knew this would lead to the enemy having intelligence. And unlike John Walker et all this POS has little to sell. I don't know if the government has decided to seek the death penalty but he is eligible. And deserving.

Girls screaming...gotta go.  Hope you had a great weekend and even  better week.

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