Bradley Manning’s “Twinkie defense”

Please forgive me in advance for committing quite possibly the worst punning offense ever seen at this blog.

Back in the 1970s, after assassinating San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, Supervisor Dan White’s legal team came up with the novel line of defense:  Dan White couldn’t help himself because he ate too much junk food.  This came to be known as the “Twinkie defense.”

Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of stealing and then leaking thousands of classified documents, is trying a novel twist on the Twinkie defense.  Instead of claiming that he wasn’t responsible for his actions because he ate Twinkies, he is claiming that he wasn’t responsible for his actions because he is a Twinkie.*

Oy vey.

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*For those who don’t get the pun, here is a NSFW explanation of the term “twink.”