If you're going to champion someone that broke a sworn oath and disobeyed a direct court order
I could trust someone who does this if the reasons are good, for example someone who champions Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning. But seems no one is willing to risk defending those two, which is a shame.
I could trust someone who does this if the reasons are good, for example someone who champions Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning. But seems no one is willing to risk defending those two, which is a shame.
I think the difference is they did not take an oath to obey the law and the court.
Snowden swore an oath to the Constitution, and by doing what he did, upheld that oath. Congress, the courts, and a great many people agree.
Manning, I would expect, thought she was doing the same.
I don't know what kind of oath the US military requires from their personnel, but by sneaking information from a base I'm almost sure she broke it.
Their situations are very different.