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Manning is a soldier, most certainly a "government employee." He was convicted of disobeying military regulations under Articles of the UCMJ. He is in a totally different ballpark from Snowden.
Edward Snowden: Villian to liberals, hero to conservatives...
“Returning to the US, I think, is the best resolution for the government, the public, and myself, but it’s unfortunately not possible in the face of current whistleblower protection laws, which through a failure in law did not cover national security contractors like myself,” said Snowden during his public Q&A session last Thursday." http://rt.com/news/snowden-nsa-indus...interview-208/
The whistleblower protection law was of no help to Manning, either.
Just grant Snowden full immunity in exchange for his testifying against the NSA and Federal Government. Problem solved.
Won't happen. Unfortunately the powers that be don't want their dirty little game exposed.
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