Bomack
8th June 2010, 22:22
Just like Gary McKinnon and many others, another example is being made of a Whistle Blower by the U.S. Military. This time of an insider who released a classified video to WikiLeaks.
This is what makes it so difficult for witnesses to disclose. The gov, and especially the military, has their bases covered. All they have to do is claim WHATEVER THEY WANT as "National Security" and that gives them the right to cover it up. For the most part a witness can get away with revealing information by telling stories, which without proof many take "like a grain of salt", but if we present hard proof such as artifacts, official documents, pictures or videos, etc, we have gone over the line and face the possibility of disappearance, untimely death, or at the very least being made an example of. Just like Gary McKinnon (whom I believe hasn't disappeared because he probably had hard proof, probably in the form of official documents, on his computer and they don't know who else may have seen this info), this young man will now be publicly raked over the coals and made an example of.
Unless the gov has a change of heart and decides on full TRUE disclosure, which will NEVER happen because they simply can't afford to reveal their lies and cover-ups to the public, disclosure will continue to be extremely slow because it will continue to have to come from insider and witness testimony. And this is why I call it Tidbits and Pieces.
Here is the article:
Soldier accused of leaking classified info
Washington (CNN) -- Federal officials arrested a 22-year-old U.S. Army intelligence analyst for allegedly leaking classified military information, the U.S. military announced Monday.
According to Wired.com, Spc. Bradley Manning of Potomac, Maryland, leaked the classified 2007 video of an American helicopter strike that killed several civilians in Baghdad to the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.com, which posted the video in April.
Wired.com reported that Manning confessed to the leak in a series of online chats with a former computer hacker. He allegedly owned up to leaking other items to WikiLeaks, including a classified Army document assessing the threat level of the website, according to the article, as well as State Department cables.
You can read the full article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/07/soldier.leak.accusation/index.html
This is what makes it so difficult for witnesses to disclose. The gov, and especially the military, has their bases covered. All they have to do is claim WHATEVER THEY WANT as "National Security" and that gives them the right to cover it up. For the most part a witness can get away with revealing information by telling stories, which without proof many take "like a grain of salt", but if we present hard proof such as artifacts, official documents, pictures or videos, etc, we have gone over the line and face the possibility of disappearance, untimely death, or at the very least being made an example of. Just like Gary McKinnon (whom I believe hasn't disappeared because he probably had hard proof, probably in the form of official documents, on his computer and they don't know who else may have seen this info), this young man will now be publicly raked over the coals and made an example of.
Unless the gov has a change of heart and decides on full TRUE disclosure, which will NEVER happen because they simply can't afford to reveal their lies and cover-ups to the public, disclosure will continue to be extremely slow because it will continue to have to come from insider and witness testimony. And this is why I call it Tidbits and Pieces.
Here is the article:
Soldier accused of leaking classified info
Washington (CNN) -- Federal officials arrested a 22-year-old U.S. Army intelligence analyst for allegedly leaking classified military information, the U.S. military announced Monday.
According to Wired.com, Spc. Bradley Manning of Potomac, Maryland, leaked the classified 2007 video of an American helicopter strike that killed several civilians in Baghdad to the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.com, which posted the video in April.
Wired.com reported that Manning confessed to the leak in a series of online chats with a former computer hacker. He allegedly owned up to leaking other items to WikiLeaks, including a classified Army document assessing the threat level of the website, according to the article, as well as State Department cables.
You can read the full article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/07/soldier.leak.accusation/index.html