This was an act of conscience. Bradly Manning is a Whistleblower. Nothing else. The only odd thing is that he was with the military. There was never any adverse effects from his actions, he simply gave the American people the truth. They had a right to it. It was their sons, their daughters and they had a right to know what happened.
Bradley Manning is no different than any other Iraq War veteran that returned asking the question, "What are doing there?" Unlike, the others like him, he was in a place to do something about it.
He is very typical of those soldiers and that generation of soldier. He is more normal and more benign in his intent than anyone likes to assign to him.
Published: June 4
The hacker who alerted federal authorities (click here) to the alleged leak of classified documents by Pfc. Bradley E. Manning testified Tuesday that the young Army analyst never indicated any desire to help U.S. adversaries by releasing the material.
“Not in those words, no,” the hacker, Adrian Lamo, responded when asked by Manning’s attorney whether the soldier had said he “wanted to help the enemy.”...
If bin Laden's story is the truth, then charge CNN with showing the burning towers in Lower Manhattan with treason against the state because bin Laden was watching every frame of footage. The USA military does not have a case. Because bin Laden read what everyone else read didn't make it an act of treason or an empowerment of opposing forces.
If the government wants to charge anyone with treason, they can begin with George Walker Bush and Richard Cheney. Bradley Manning would not have been in Iraq in the first place if they didn't lie.
...The government is expected to introduce evidence that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden requested and reviewed a copy of internal U.S. military logs of the war in Afghanistan from another member of the terrorist network....
“Not in those words, no,” the hacker, Adrian Lamo, responded when asked by Manning’s attorney whether the soldier had said he “wanted to help the enemy.”...
If bin Laden's story is the truth, then charge CNN with showing the burning towers in Lower Manhattan with treason against the state because bin Laden was watching every frame of footage. The USA military does not have a case. Because bin Laden read what everyone else read didn't make it an act of treason or an empowerment of opposing forces.
If the government wants to charge anyone with treason, they can begin with George Walker Bush and Richard Cheney. Bradley Manning would not have been in Iraq in the first place if they didn't lie.
...The government is expected to introduce evidence that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden requested and reviewed a copy of internal U.S. military logs of the war in Afghanistan from another member of the terrorist network....
