Highly respected State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley was fired after publicly questioning\u00a0 the treatment of Bradley Manning, the incarcerated Army soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military reports and sensitive diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.\u00a0 Apparently if you disagree with Obama and Hillary Clinton these days, you are fired, no matter how well respected or qualified for your job. (Is this why Energy Secretary Steven Chu is not speaking out these days?) **From Politico: “The chain of events that led to Crowley\u2019s exit was set in motion Thursday when Crowley appeared at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology seminar and called the Pentagon\u2019s handling of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is detained at the brig at Quantico, \u201cridiculous and counterproductive and stupid.\u201d Crowley\u2019s public criticism angered some at the Pentagon and others across the administration because it put him directly at odds with Defense Department officials who have spent weeks trying to defend Manning\u2019s treatment. The soldier is being detained under near-constant lockdown, and he filed a formal complaint about being forced to strip each night at bedtime. The State spokesman\u2019s predicament may have worsened further Friday afternoon, when ABC\u2019s Jake Tapper asked Obama during a White House press conference [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Highly respected State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley was fired after publicly questioning\u00a0 the treatment of Bradley Manning, the incarcerated Army soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military reports and sensitive diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.\u00a0 Apparently if you … Continue reading