Land of the free

Last week, after being held for a month without charges in jail in a military base in Kuwait, Bradley Manning, the man who leaked video of an American helicopter gunning down innocent people in Afganistan, has been charged by the government with crimes that carry maximum sentences adding up to 52 years in prison.

You might say, well, that's rule of law. Manning did steal classified data. I hope you'll scream rule of law with equal passion the next time a law enforcement agent gets away scott-free with abusing an innocent person.