Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years

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Here's my take on Bradley Manning: he is in some ways a hero, and in some ways a dope. There had to be a way to expose the classified information that was important without dumping a trove of information indiscriminately, and there was probably a better person to give it to than Julian Assange. I don't necessarily think he's a traitor, but he was in the military, he did break the rules and the law. He really had to be punished. And as these things go, his sentence is comparatively light, especially when you figure time served, and the potential for parole in 10 years or so.

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Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years

A military judge on Wednesday sentenced Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison, bringing to a close the government’s determined pursuit of the Army intelligence analyst who leaked the largest cache of classified documents in U.S. history. . .

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GOP Sex Scandal: Bob Allen Sentenced

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This is a follow-up to several stories (here, here, here and here) on Florida State Rep. Bob Allen (R-What Else?). It's worth noting, if you didn't already know, that he was John McCain's campaign co-chair in Florida.

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Florida Rep. Bob Allen Gets Six Months Probation, $250 Fine

Florida GOP state Representative Bob Allen was sentenced today to six months supervised probation and ordered to pay a $250 fine related to a misdemeanor conviction of solicitation of prostitution. [snip]

Allen is lucky that Florida House Bill #1475, which he co-sponsored months before his arrest, failed. According to the Post, "[It would have] increased public sex charges from a misdemeanor to a felony. The proposed bill addressed 'unnatural and lascivious acts or exposure or exhibition of sexual organs' within 1,000 feet of a park, school or child care facility."

Read the whole story at: TowleRoad