On: Bradley Manning case stretches credibility of US computer fraud law

[pekk]

No, Manning is being charged because he broke military law.

[pstuart → pekk]

Laws get broken all the time. They pick and choose what they enforce.

[mpyne → pstuart]

But on the other hand, the most far-reaching and extensive leak of classified material in the nation's history is not exactly jaywalking.

If the government was ever again going to charge anybody with espionage or improperly handling classified material they had to charge Manning.

[proksoup → mpyne]

Reminds me of "nations largest network".