Never the less whisleblower is freed 10 years after. Bradley will spend rest of his life in jail.
I don't think Chinese government is democratic in any way, even repressive. But one can't ignore how this plays out in public media - contrast and all that.
Are you sure about that? Jeffrey Carney, an American who worked for the US Air Force and spied for the DDR, was sentenced to 38 years in prison, but only ended up serving 11 years.
It's important to remember that this wasn't in the U.S. and happened in 2005, when Yahoo's public policy with regard to cooperation with authorities wasn't under scrutiny, and therefore, a lot more complicit than today. The cost of complicity was quite a bit worse and even Yahoo acknowledged that fact.
Also, don't keep logs or ask for any signup information besides authentication credentials in the first place.
But alas, we really shouldn't expect web services to work against the status quo, as corporations are mere extensions of government and wish to identify, track, and datamine people similarly. After all, there's a reason we view a webmail address as an indicator of an uncaring noob.
Also the message leaked by Shi was just a guideline sent by the Department of Propaganda to all the newspapers/media companies. It is nothing similar to the Manning case.
