The spokesman for the State Department, Phillip Crowley, resigned on Sunday after remarks he made to a group of students at MIT. He publicly criticized the treatment of PFC Manning, who was responsible for the leak of secret documents to Wikileaks. After having been the administration's spokesman on the Wikileaks issue, Crowley comes out against his treatment by the DoD. Interestingly enough, he did not recant his statement at any point. I guess it makes sense that after his resignation there is no reason to try and hide his feelings, but why not recant and try and save his job? It seemed that he was on his way out anyway, having been distant from Secretary of State Clinton, and having had a new deputy, who, many believed was soon to replace Crowley. I guess that happened sooner than expected. It was clear from another statement that he did not disagree with the imprisonment of PFC Manning, but only with his treatment. I think it might be possible that since he saw himself as on the way out, he may have wanted to go out with a bang, but thats just my opinion and is based on no evidence.
The lesson seems to be, that when in a powerful position, one always needs to watch what they say.
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