Ron Paul Says Accused Traitor Bradley Manning is a Patriot

Ron Paul Says Accused Traitor
     Bradley Manning is a Patriot
By Cliff Kincaid – December 20, 2011

As homosexual Army soldier Bradley Manning’s treason trial continues at Fort Meade,
Maryland, the support he has received from Republican Presidential candidate Ron
Paul has been curiously ignored by the major media, now touting Paul as someone who
could win the January 3 Iowa Republican Caucuses. Paul has called Manning, a
crossdresser with acknowledged mental problems, a “hero” and “patriot” for stealing
government secrets and providing them to WikiLeaks.

Manning, who served as an intelligence analyst in Iraq, is charged with one of the most
spectacular and damaging leaks of classified information in this country’s history. The
death penalty has been strangely ruled out in his case, but he could still face life in
prison.

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Admiral Mike Mullen, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the
“irresponsible posting of stolen classified documents by WikiLeaks puts lives at risk and
gives adversaries valuable information.”

                                   Julius Rosenberg

The Ron Paul 2012 website shows a young Ron Paul in a military uniform and as
someone who would pursue a “pro-America foreign policy.” It says, “As an Air Force
veteran, Ron Paul believes national defense is the single most important responsibility
the Constitution entrusts to the federal government.”

It says nothing about the Congressman’s support for accused Army traitor Bradley
Manning.

However, speaking at a campaign rally, Paul said that while Manning may have
“technically” broken the law against releasing classified information to WikiLeaks, he did
so for the purpose of exposing the “horrible things” being carried out by the U.S.
Government.

Referring to Manning’s detention before trial, Paul said, “Should he be locked up
in prison?” Manning should be seen as a “political hero” and “true patriot who
reveals what’s going on,” Paul said.

The Bradley Manning Support Network published an article saying that Paul believes
that Manning is a “whistleblower” and his actions “are essential to the country.”

There is no evidence that Manning, who flaunted his homosexuality in the Army, in
violation of the “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy, was a member of a communist or leftist
group. But his supporters come predominantly from the far-left. His backers include the
Movement for a Democratic Society, a group of former Weather Underground members
and radicals that includes Obama associate and terrorist Bill Ayers.

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The Advisory Board of the Bradley Manning Support Network includes Robert
Meeropol, whose parents, communists Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were convicted of
violating the Espionage Act and executed for giving the secret of the atomic bomb to the
Soviet Union. Meeropol says “it is an honor to join a Board that includes Medea
Benjamin of Code Pink, as well as Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame, and
filmmaker Michael Moore, among others, but also because I believe it is imperative for
as many people as possible to raise their voices in support of Manning.”

On October 28, speaking in Iowa, Paul praised WikiLeaks for providing secret
information about the conduct of the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Moscow-
funded Russia Today (RT) propaganda channel features a Paul speech in which the
Congressman offered “his support to whistleblowers, applauding WikiLeaks in particular
for exposing political fallacies.”

In another broadcast, Paul attacked “state secrecy” and praised WikiLeaks for revealing
“spying and meddling” by the U.S. Government.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who says he publishes and comments on leaked
documents alleging government and corporate misconduct, is currently facing
deportation from Britain on sex crimes charges.

Vice President Joseph Biden has said about Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks
disclosures, “I would argue it’s closer to being a high-tech terrorist than the Pentagon
Papers.”

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Ethel Rosenberg

In a New Yorker article, “Manning, Assange, and the Espionage Act,” Raffi
Khatchadourian said that Manning “appears to have broken a very clearly defined set of
laws.” And First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams told National Public Radio that while
media organizations which publicized the WikiLeaks material will not face prosecution,
Assange himself could be prosecuted by the U.S. Government under the Espionage
Act.

Ron Paul remarks: You know, talking about giving sovereign immunity to our
government officials, and I would remove it all, but what about giving immunity to the
whistle blowers? They’re the ones who need the immunity. We have a few brave
souls, especially in the foreign policy area. It came up in Vietnam, and it’s come up
more recently with WikiLeaks. Technically yes, they’re breaking a rule, but what is
government doing? They’re breaking the law, and they’re doing these horrible things.
So if we have an American citizen that is willing to take the consequences and
practice civil disobedience and say, “This is what our government’s been doing”,
should he be locked up in prison? Or should we see him as a political hero?
Maybe he is a true patriot who reveals what’s going on in government. (applause)

More than a year ago, Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security
Committee, wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to prosecute
Assange under the Espionage Act. He also wants Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to
designate WikiLeaks a foreign terrorist organization.

The evidence introduced this week at Manning’s pretrial hearing appears to prove that
Manning and Assange worked together, a development that should make it easier for
the Obama Department of Justice to prosecute Assange for conspiracy to violate the
Espionage Act.

Assange and WikiLeaks are being represented by the Soros-funded Center for
Constitutional Rights, a legal group that frequently defends communists and
terrorists.

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In a Daily Caller article, “Why conservatives must adopt Ron Paul’s foreign policy,” Jack
Hunter writes that Paul is asking the “basic questions that Americans desperately need
to ask” about U.S. foreign policy. But Hunter, the official Ron Paul 2012 campaign
blogger, didn’t address or explain Paul’s support for Manning.

The Ron Paul website insists that the candidate supports an American intelligence
community that deals with “legitimate threats” but doesn’t explain how this is compatible
with a system whereby “whistleblowers” like Manning decide on their own what
classified information the government should be able to keep.

                     Soros Funds “Transgender” Rights
      Homosexuals Support Gay Soldier
             in Treason Trial
By Cliff Kincaid – December 19, 2011

Homosexual Army soldier Bradley Manning’s bizarre behavior, which included calling
himself “Breanna” and dressing in women’s clothes, might be expected to lead some in
the media to question whether Congress should have repealed the policy banning open
homosexuality in the military. Instead, however, many stories about Manning’s
preliminary hearing are focusing on charges from his attorneys that his confusion about
his own “gender identity” means that he is somehow the victim.

“Soldier’s gender identity issues are raised in WikiLeaks case” was the headline over a
Washington Post article.

But one homosexual website is worried about these stories and headlines. “This could
play out very poorly in the court of public opinion: Just as we’ve closed the door on
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and are getting Americans to see gays and lesbians can serve
proudly in the Armed Forces, we have someone at the center of the biggest security
leak in U.S. history claiming his gender confusion and sexuality factored into his
rationale for putting national interests at risk,” it said.

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President Obama had promised during the 2008 campaign to repeal the anti-
homosexual policy and in office has championed the appointmentsof homosexual and
“transgendered” people to high-level federal positions. Obama’s proposed repeal was
vigorously supported by media personalities such as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, a
lesbian activist

In another major embarrassment to the homosexual cause, homosexual activist Dan
Choi, who has also appeared on the Rachel Maddow show, is actively supporting
Manning. Discharged from the Army for publicly announcing his own homosexuality,
Choi calls Manning “an excellent solider” and said at a demonstration in support of him
that, “We see the situation where our comrade is in shackles and chains, he is on trial.
But I remind all of us gathered here today because Bradley Manning stood up for the
truth, he is the most free among all of us. He is not the one on trial, the United States of
America is on trial today. Our reputation, and what our country stands for.”

Choi, treated as a hero by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, had given Reid his West
Point graduation ring in July of 2000 at a meeting of liberal activists and asked the
senator to keep it until the military’s homosexual exclusion policy was repealed. Reid
then gave the ring back in celebration of the repeal. “Choi joined Reid on stage and
gave the majority leader a hug,” one report said. “The next time I get a ring from a man,”
Choi tweeted later, “I expect it to be for full, equal, American marriage.”

Reid himself posted the photo of him giving Choi his ring back.

But when it appeared that Reid wouldn’t be able to pass a repeal of the homosexual
exclusion policy, Choi had ripped Reid, saying, “Harry Reid is a pussy and he'll be
bleeding once a month.” He later apologized for the comments.

Asked why the major gay rights groups are not supporting Manning, Choi said that “their
strategy focuses on getting politicians to like us, and re-elect those politicians who
pretend to like us every election cycle. National lobby groups do not want to upset
President Obama, who has already pronounced the soldier’s guilt without trial. This
hero, PFC Manning, told the truth despite the consequences, and valued integrity over
rank. I hope the gay groups realize that is the core tenet of our community and
movement.”

The truth, according to the government, is that Manning aided enemies of the United
States. However, Manning’s attorney, David E. Coombs, has argued that the
information that Manning provided to WikiLeaks, founded by Julian Assange, should
not have been classified in the first place and that it didn’t hurt U.S. national security

Assange has reportedly pledged a “significant amount” towards Manning’s legal
expenses and the Bradley Manning Support Network is also helping to pay for his
defense. Its advisory board includes Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, leftist filmmaker
Michael Moore, and Kathleen Gilberd, Co-Chair of the Military Law Task Force of the
National Lawyers Guild (NLG), a legal group once designated by the U.S. Government

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as a Communist Party front. Gilberd co-authored Rules of Disengagement: The Politics
and Honor of Military Dissent, which argues that U.S. military personnel should disobey
orders and refuse to participate in “illegal wars” such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Bradley Manning Support Network is asking that funds for his defense be
funneled to “Courage to Resist,” a group which supports “the troops who refuse
to fight” in U.S. wars. It sells a book by the title of “Army of None.”

Manning had been an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq. At the time of the posting of the
information, Admiral Mike Mullen, then-chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said,
“Mr. Assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his
source are doing, but the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of
some young soldier or that of an Afghan family.”

Then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, “The battlefield consequences of the
release of these documents are potentially severe and dangerous for our troops, our
allies and Afghan partners, and may well damage our relationships and reputation in
that key part of the world. Intelligence sources and methods, as well as military tactics,
techniques and procedures will become known to our adversaries.”

The Obama Justice Department is reportedly investigating WikiLeaks, but no charges
have been filed. Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee, wants Assange prosecuted under the Espionage Act of 1917.

The charges in this case, United States Army v Bradley Manning, include knowingly
giving intelligence to the enemy, through the “indirect means” of WikiLeaks. The charge
can carry the death penalty but Army prosecutors have said they are not seeking that
punishment.

                   Harry Reid giving ring to gay activist Dan Choi

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Philip Cave, a retired Navy judge advocate, says the charges against Manning
constitute the Army equivalent of the Walker spy scandal involving father and son which
became known as “The Navy’s Biggest Betrayal.” The Walkers stole classified U.S.
Navy documents and provided them to the Soviet KGB.

Cave says it is a foregone conclusion that Manning will face a full-blown court-martial
because the government has made a convincing case that Manning violated regulations
against release of classified information. He thinks Manning’s lawyers may opt for a
plea deal.

The hearing for PFC Manning began on December 16, 2011 at Fort Meade, Maryland,
and is designed to outline the nature of the case to be presented by the government in a
court-martial.

Although President Obama has said that Manning had “broken the law,” the lack of
enforcement of the military’s homosexual exclusion policy, which was then in effect,
could have opened the door to Manning’s alleged law-breaking and treason.

Indeed, dspite the policy against public expressions of homosexuality in the military, it
appears that the Manning case is an example of how it was not enforced by the Obama
Administration. Manning had been a homosexual activist, had marched in gay rights
parades, and had flaunted his homosexuality on Facebook. Manning, on his Facebook
page, had listed the National Center for Transgender Equality, National Public Radio,
“1,000,000 strong for Daniel Choi,” Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC television show, The
Daily Show, Anderson Cooper 360, Virginia Young Democrats, Media Matters for
America, and Barack Obama as being among his “likes.”

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It has been speculated that Manning’s idea of downloading and releasing classified
information to WikiLeaks may have been his way at getting back at the United States
military over its policy regarding homosexuality. He was arrested in May of 2010.

                The Soros-funded Center for Constitutional Rights
                   is defending Julian Assange and WikiLeaks

What remains to be determined is whether he was part of a secret homosexual network
working with WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, once part of a group called the
“International Subversives,” and whether Manning was blackmailed into obtaining and
disclosing the information.

A 1950 congressional report, “Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex
Perverts in Government,” declared, “It is an accepted fact among intelligence
agencies that espionage organizations the world over consider sex perverts who
are in possession of or have access to confidential material to be prime targets
where pressure can be exerted.”

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Assange, a native of Australia with an anti-American and anti-military bent, has a
criminal record for illegal computer hacking. He is himself under investigation and
facing deportation from Britain for alleged sex crimes.

With lawyers for Manning insisting that he had “gender identity” problems, it is
significant that Rowan Scarborough of the Washington Times reports that “the gay
rights movement’s next battleground is to persuade the Obama administration to end
the armed forces’ ban on ‘transgenders,’ a group that includes transsexuals and cross-
dressers.”

The paper quoted Vincent Paolo Villano, spokesman for the 6,000-member Center for
Transgender Equality, as saying, “Our position is that the military should re-examine the
policy, the medical regulations, so as to allow open service for transgender people.” The
Times added that the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, which pushed to end
the military's gay ban, is urging President Obama to sign an executive order prohibiting
discrimination based on “gender identity.”

The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), which received $50,000 from the
Soros-funded Open Society Institute in 2007, has issued a statement that “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” was “a discriminatory law and it needed to go” but that transgender
servicemembers “continue serving in silence” and that crossdressers should be able to
serve openly in the U.S. Armed Forces.

     Bradley Manning Support Network Advisory Board members:

    Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink: Women for Peace
    Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, board member for the National
     Whistleblower Center
    Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistle blower
    Kathleen Gilberd, co-chair of the Military Law Task Force of the
     National Lawyers Guild
    Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and activist
    Robert Meeropol, executive director of the Rosenburg Fund for
     Children
    Michael Moore, documentary filmmaker
    Pete Perry, Veterans for Peace activist
    Andy Thayer, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network
    Jose Vasquez, executive director of Iraq Veterans against the War
    US Army Colonel Ann Wright (ret.), former US State Department
     official

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Bradley Manning Support Network Steering Committee members:

 Gerry Condon, national co-chair of the Veterans for Peace GI
  Resistance Working Group
 Bob Meola, member of War Resisters League National Committee
 Jeff Paterson, project director of Courage to Resist
 Loraine Reitman, privacy advocate
 Kevin Zeese, co-founder and executive director, Voters for Peace

               Medea Benjamin of Code Pink

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