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The United States Army announced today that a formal arraignment date has been set for PFC Bradley Manning. The arraignment has been scheduled for 01:00 PM EST, February 23, 2012 at Fort Meade, Maryland. This arraignment will set the dates for a series of hearings on pre-trial motions, as well as the start of the full court-martial.
“Bradley Manning’s show trial will begin in earnest with this arraignment,” said Jeff Paterson, a lead organizer with the Bradley Manning Support Network.
Arraignment date set for Peace Prize nominee Bradley Manning
Seeded on Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:09 AM EST
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The arraignment comes as PFC Manning was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by members of the Icelandic Parliament. A blog post by MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir explained their rationale for the nomination:
“According to journalists, his alleged actions helped motivate the democratic Arab Spring movements, shed light on secret corporate influence on our foreign policies, and most recently contributed to the Obama Administration agreeing to withdraw all U.S. troops from the occupation in Iraq.”
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#1 - Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:10 AM ESTWell, he's pretty manifestly guilty of most of the charges; the only real question is how will the verdict go in some of the second wave of charges (the ones regarding aiding the enemy and such).
The defense team has shown some innovative tactics thus far, but I have a hard time envisioning anything other than a guilty verdict in most (if not all) of the charges.
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#2 - Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:30 AM ESTI have a hard time envisioning anything other than a guilty verdict in most (if not all) of the charges.
agreed
How nice, a nomination to hang on the wall, will make a great decoration for the cell where he will spend the rest of his life.
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#3 - Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:40 AM ESTI've got the feeling that nomination is void, simply because of the fact that it was made public:
Are the nominations made public?
The statutes of the Nobel Foundation restrict disclosure of information about the nominations, whether publicly or privately, for 50 years. The restriction concerns the nominees and nominators, as well as investigations and opinions related to the award of a prize. -- nobelprize.org
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Nobel Peace Prize nominee???????? WTF!!! Oh that's right.......they GAVE that to Obama one year also.
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