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Australia flags denying U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning entry visa
Australia has signaled it is preparing to ban U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning from entering the country ahead of a scheduled speaking tour, the organizer of the engagements said. Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is scheduled to speak at the Sydney Opera House at the weekend.
However, Suzi Jamil, owner of the company organizing Manning's speaking tour in Australia, said late on Wednesday Manning had received a notice from the Australian government informing her Canberra was considering cancelling her visa. [...] Australian law allows the immigration minister to deny anyone a visa if they do not pass a character test, a broad criteria that affords the government sweeping powers.
Manning is scheduled to travel to New Zealand after finishing her three events in Australia but the center-right opposition National Party has also called for her to be denied entry.
Also at NYT.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @03:10AM (1 child)
"No wonder you people are so confused."
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They're not confused as much as they are rather stupid and quite ignorant.
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They are trying to participate in a discussion which is above their pay grade and failing miserably
in their attempt.
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As you pointed out, there are substantial differences between what Snowden did and what Manning did. Of course in order to understand these things you need to have spent some time informing yourself on the subjects, and most people don't do that, so they don't really know what they are talking about, but that doesn't slow them down on Soylent !
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @03:21AM
"Therefore, through these series of steps, Bradley Manning, therefore, was giving aid and comfort to the enemy. A lot of people thought that was kind of a stretch, and in the end, the prosecution did not connect the dots on that for the judge, and she found him not guilty on that point."
Manning was careless and just dumped a load of data. If you can't wrap your head around the fact that The People of the US NEED to know the kind of fucked up things their government is doing then YOU are the problem, a traitor to the constitution, and should be removed from any position of responsibility.
All the various institutions that rely on "loyalty" end up with serious corruption and negative actions, morons like yourself goose-step right along with these fucked up traitors not even realizing what you are doing. It is sad that you think your a patriot, Manning was a hell of a lot braver and more patriotic than you can ever hope to be even with the mistakes she made.
Let me guess, using the proper pronoun just triggered your brain into a quick burst of anger?