He accepted a plea bargain and still won’t be out for 9 years; had he gone to trial he likely would have been in prison his entire life.
> Mr. Martin was never charged with leaking information, only illegally retaining national defense information.
These sentences are insane.
They are building a culture of fear, from Manning to Assange to Winner to Snowden: they want everyone to be so afraid of them that the concept of doing the right thing seems equivalent to death.
In what sense was Martin "doing the right thing" by hoarding documents seemingly for its own sake/to satisfy some tick? I don't think it's fair to the others you listed to lump Martin in with them.
The specifics of his case are irrelevant; they are using any and all opportunities to create an atmosphere of extreme fear.
Assange isn’t even subject to US law and doesn’t/didn’t have a clearance. They’re going after him on whatever grounds they can scare up simply for publishing.
It’s part of a wider plan, to shore up the fact that they are vulnerable, which Snowden most effectively demonstrated.
> Mr. Martin was never charged with leaking information, only illegally retaining national defense information.
These sentences are insane.
They are building a culture of fear, from Manning to Assange to Winner to Snowden: they want everyone to be so afraid of them that the concept of doing the right thing seems equivalent to death.