WH forces P.J. Crowley to resign for condemning abuse of Manning

[MNBrewer]

<http://www.salon.com/news/wikileaks/index.html?story=/opinion/greenwald/2011/03/13/crowley>

"Of course, it's also the case in Barack Obama's world that those who instituted a worldwide torture and illegal eavesdropping regime are entitled to full-scale presidential immunity, while powerless individuals who blow the whistle on high-level wrongdoing and illegality are subjected to the most aggressive campaign of prosecution and persecution the country has ever seen. So protecting those who are abusing Manning, while firing Crowley for condemning the abuse, is perfectly consistent with the President's sense of justice."

[MNBrewer]

1. "the first rule about Torture Club is you don't talk about Torture Club."

comment from one of the letters in response to Mr. Greenwald's article.

[Cleita]

2. I guess they aren't big on criticizing witch hunts either.n/t

[Bluebear]

3. Barack Obama's world.

No change.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Only sycophants and yes-men need apply.

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Silver lining: it should get more attention to Manning, at least internationally.

Most of the rest of the world will appreciate him for what he is: a US political prisoner, undergoing low-grade , long term, psychological torture by the by the infamously reactionary US military apparatus holding him.

US corporate media will downplay it if not ignore it. Except for the far right ( Fox, et al) who could pretend to see this as "disarray" in the Obama adm. ( Also a silver lining, if it happens.)