Former State Dept. Spokesman P.J. Crowley On Fox: I Resigned, ‘I Stand By My Words’

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by Matt Schneider | 6:39 pm, March 28th, 2011

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Former spokesman for the State Department, P.J. Crowley appeared with Shepard Smith today and briefly discussed the Obama administration’s policy in Libya before addressing his own recent controversy. Crowley resigned from his position after criticizing how Bradley Manning, the Army private suspected of leaking cables to Wikileaks, was being treated while in custody. Shep revealed here that he was not happy with the result.

Shep asked why speaking the truth had to result in him losing his job, yet Crowley reaffirmed that he resigned because he had strongly-held views:

“The world has to see that we practice what we preach, I think the treatment of Bradley Manning – while the prosecution is legitimate – the restrictive treatment undermines the credibility of that prosecution and has had an effect both in terms of opinions in this country and around the world. I expressed what I said and I stand by my words.”

Shep was disappointed as he said that under the last administration we abused and tortured people and now under this administration we’re mistreating another person. Shep wondered where will it end, but thanked the now “unemployed” Crowley for returning to speak on Fox.

Watch the clip from Fox News below:

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

A prisoner talked about hanging himself with his underwear, and his jailers followed the protocol for prisoners who talk about suicide. Doesn’t seem worth losing your job over, but I guess now he gets to play martyr.
timzank

How much better would P.J. and Shemp feel if this yutz was able to hang himself?

Morons.
The Lantern of Truth

A newsman would look at both sides .

‘Ol Shep has his agenda and he’s sticking to it .
OxyCon

As a national traitor, Manning’s life is in danger so he can’t be held in the general population of the prison, and as someone who has displayed mentally imbalanced behavior in the past, and who mentioned suicide, he must have restrictions for his own safety. The only person to blame for Manning’s treatment is himself.

On a personal level, I’d like to see him granted janitorial duty privilege working along side Christopher Scarver.
murf

If Manning did kill himself , Shep would be leading the charge ” Did the military not the take proper precautions? ” or from the far-left ” Did the military let Manning kill himself ? ” … You better believe they would .
tiredofbs

The Lantern of Truth said:
A newsman would look at both sides .

‘Ol Shep has his agenda and he’s sticking to it .

Pretty soon, his title will be: “Proud Soros lotion boy & JournOlister”
attempting to take Fox down, one day at a time.
tiredofbs

murf said:
If Manning did kill himself , Shep would be leading the charge ” Did the military not the take proper precautions? ” or from the far-left ” Did the military let Manning kill himself ? ” … You better believe they would .

Bingooo!
Damned if they do, damned if they don’t.

Finally the Left’s tactics out in the open.
This goes on in the MSM all day long..
Paleoconservatarian

We’re “mistreating” someone by preventing them from escaping justice by killing themselves. Perhaps Shep and Crowley would rather us hand Manning a short sword upon which he should fall.
tiredofbs

What they are obviously doing, is mounting an appeal defense,”he was tortured”
inciting pity anger /playing various sympathy cards for Manning…to serve in
various stages of his/after conviction.. This also serves as an
encouragement to other Mannings to not be afraid to participate
in future Actions similar to his…
captaingrumpy

I wonder if Shep is the insider who is feeding Media Matters all the info on Fox.?????
He may leave for a pay rise under Soros,his master.
Dem4Ever

Is Shep for real?
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