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Oath Keepers: Manning, like Lakin, deserves due process

Stewart Rhodes, head of the libertarian-constitutionalist rights group Oath Keepers, told Slate reporter Dave Weigel last week that imprisoned U.S. soldiers Bradley Manning, a hero to some on the left, and Terry Lakin, a hero to some on the right, should have been granted the same due process. He said it's a sad fact that overheated political sentiment is determining how we decide to defend constitutional rights.