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At last count there was only one person claiming to be in contact with Manning, and even though Jane Hamsher went with him to visit, they wouldn't let her go in and visit. So that's only one person we know we can trust getting as far as the prison, another we don't know from Adam who claims to have seen him, and one extremely suspicious type who claims to have interacted with him online. And Assange is definitely worth this level hoaxing. He has the backing of some of the most respected names in journalism and letting WikiLeaks serve as their forum for getting out the news the MSM will not let them touch would have been UTTERLY unacceptable.
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