... to evade any issues of morality over the very serious implications of official corruption exposed by the leaks, and instead make it all about pumped-up claims of damage done ... when the ugly truth gets revealed. Manning's facing the ultimate traitor charges ... for letting the world in on ... substantial volumes of unsolved crime. The people making an example of him represent post-911 neocon fascism in full bloom and as victors in the war-for-naught process are to be feared more than challenged, quite apparently. This is a huge case for the very real new world order.

While it may go without saying how real evidence of crime in a free world could not be so readily deemed 'off limits' by the very institutions which should be DEFENDING THEMSELVES for their crimes rather than pressing charges for letting the truth be know about them, military regimes like this tend to manage dissent very effectively and it is indeed risky business to challenge them on ant points whatsoever, like ... their true identity.

The nature of the revealed secrets is overwhelmingly about letting war criminals off the hook or their privilege to completely evade justice at their own calling. They're getting off the hook because they're in complete charge, right down to a White House signature approving targeted assassination. With all the money spent and other issues always in the way, there's no revolt or other viable solution in sight.

By Medina Roshan
FORT MEADE, Maryland | Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:19pm EST

... In previous hearings, Manning has offered to plead guilty to various lesser charges in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including the unauthorized possession and willful distribution of information accessed in the Combined Information Data Networks, a military database, for both Iraq and Afghanistan.

He has said he will plead not guilty to the most serious charge of aiding the enemy ...

Manning's lawyers have also filed a motion to request a trial by judge, leading to speculation that Manning might forego a trial by jury for his court martial, set to begin June 3 ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/27/us-usa-wikileaks-manning-idUSBRE91Q1BJ20130227

By Michael Isikoff, National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News

... Prosecutors quoted some of the wording in Manning's statement during the hearing, saying the passage -- and another one relating to leaking information about corruption within the Iraqi Federal Police -- should not be allowed because it would be an admission by Manning to "uncharged misconduct." For example, admitting that he intended to provoke a public debate could expose Manning to an additional charge of intending to "discredit" the U.S. military, prosecutors argued ...

http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/27/17118625-wikileaks-case-bradley-manning-seeks-first-public-statement-on-motive?lite

I have never wanted to be on a jury, but in this case I wish I were.

I would start out by bringing him cookies.

(minus those 141 prosecution witnesses) who can testify to the contrary.