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Manning was not a civilian but a member of the US military subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice

https://vwac.defense.gov/military.aspx

Snowden was a civilian contractor

> Snowden himself thought being Gitmo'd was a real possibility

Maybe so but that doesn't make it a possibility. Help me understand how that would unfold. What legal avenue is there?

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You're deeply naive if you think the USGov wouldn't bend or outright break laws to keep Snowden under wraps.

But did they break laws or is your imagination running wild with hypothetical scenarios? You can't use some imagined alternate timeline/scenario as supporting evidence for your claim.

It is a matter of public record that the USGov has (a) assassinated American citizens abroad and (b) used "extraordinary rendition" hundreds if not thousands of times to lock people up on black sites for torture or worse with absolutely zero due process.

So no, it's definitely not my imagination.

We were talking about Snowden going to Gitmo, how would that happen?

Given the basic nature of the question, I'm getting the idea that you're not arguing in good faith.

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