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1. whatever you think about the #PentagonLeaks, you should understand that the alleged leaker #Teixera, charged with violating the #EspionageAct, will very likely be treated as an animal in prison
2. it is interesting that, to this day, the alleged #PentagonLeaks leaker was NO charged with "aiding and abetting the enemy", as it happened in the case of one of the greatest whistleblowers of all times: #ChelseaManning
3. in the case of #ChelseaManning the USDoJ tried to argue that since Manning had leaked classified documents to #WikiLeaks,which published them online, the enemy (al-Qaeda, and other US enemies) could read them, hence Manning aided the enemy
4. the crime of "aiding the enemy" is punishable by death: by charging Chelsea Manning with aiding the enemy, she risked the death penalty. She kept her neck attached to her head because she was acquitted of the charge of aiding the enemy
5. it's interesting that in the case of the alleged leaker of #PentagonLeaks,#Teixeira, there are NO charges of "aiding the enemy" at the moment
6. when the USDoJ charged Chelsea #Manning with "aiding the enemy", several press freedom orgs argued that the USDoJ's thesis that revealing info online means aiding the enemy would have devastating consequences for press freedom
7. press freedom orgs explained that if revealing info like the files leaked by #Manning and published by #WikiLeaks=aiding the enemy,then journos won't be able to reveal facts which are indisputably in the public interest,like some vulnerabilities of armoured vehicles in Afgh.
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