{"id":19924,"date":"2010-07-30T07:55:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T11:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=19924"},"modified":"2010-07-30T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T13:04:26","slug":"mullen-assangemanning-have-blood-on-his-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=19924","title":{"rendered":"Mullen: Assange\/Manning have blood on their hands"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Sporkmaster<\/a> and Old Trooper<\/del> Tanker<\/a> have written in the last few days, it appears that the culprit for releasing those 91,000 documents related to the Afghanistan War is Bradley Manning. It’s not surprising really, since he said he did it.<\/p>\n

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mike Mullen told reporters yesterday that the leak may have put some soldiers and their Afghan allies at risk (Stars & Stripes<\/a> link);<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good of what he and his source are doing,\u201d Mullen said. “But the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family.”<\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked FBI and Justice Department officials to help with the investigation into the release. He also said the incident would likely force changes in the way sensitive documents are handled in the combat zone, an area where he admitted restrictions have been lax in the past.<\/p>\n

Gates did not rule out criminal action against Assange, but said defense officials have not made any such moves so far.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Washington Times<\/a> chose not to publish Wikileaks documents because of the potential harm to our troops. In today’s op\/ed they write;<\/p>\n

The First Amendment does not protect publishing information likely to result in troops being killed or that directly hampers military operations. The government has an overriding interest in safeguarding such information, even to the point of justifying banning publication before the fact.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, since Manning is in custody, he won’t be so hard to find. In fact, the word is that he’s been moved from Kuwait to Quantico<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There should be a worldwide manhunt for Assange with a shoot-to-wound order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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