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Originally Posted by roachboy
so clearly, shoot the guy who leaked the documents.
jesus.
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I agree 100% with Cimarron29414.
I will say this, what he did was not treason, but is closer to sedition. He disobeyed orders, stole government classified documents (that contained intel of an active war), released said documents to the public (and our enemies), and conspired to steal more (before he was turned in by a hacker, which is ironic in it's self). I'm sure there is a whole buttload of other laws he broke, but those are the major ones. We should pat this guy on the back and give him a cookie? Fuck no.
This guy not only broke the law, he broke MILITARY law. How far would this guy have went if he wouldn't have been caught? This may not be "current" intel about our troop movements, but would that have stopped him? Seems to me his crimes started escalating as he got away with it. He was PROUD of what he did and wanted to damage the military more. I think given enough time, this guy would have stepped up to the crime of Treason.
I don't like the war or what has become of it. I don't agree with it and only support the solders fighting it, not our government's view on what we are fighting for. That doesn't make it less of a heinous crime because I don't support the war.
An example of him should be made and I stand by that statement.