Reply #20: that is what most seem to be claiming he said and claim they are backed away off tho [View All]

[Bodhi BloodWave]

and I think that is what the white house is specifying that he did not as from the OP "He was not expressing a view as to the guilt or innocence of Private First Class Manning specifically."

There are not many reasons why they would need to point out that Obama hadn't stated manning was guilty or innocent, since all obama did was restate the governments view that they believed manning had broken the law.