Thursday, August 22, 2013

A 'sophisticated' mighty army cashes in on a vulnerable fragile youth

Anyone who reads the story of Bradley Manning in today's Guardian is left with no option but to cry for the man.

And who cashed in on his vulnerability? The United States Army.

Yesterday Manning was sentenced to 35 years in jail.

In the Snowden affair one of the code names given to one of the telephony companies was/is Blarney.
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