Disgruntled Army Specialist Arrested for Leaking Thousands of Classified Records
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, June 7, 2010, 5:33 AM
Disgruntled traitor arrested in Iraq–
Disgruntled intelligence officer SPC Bradley Manning was arrested two weeks ago in Iraq for leaking thousands of classified records to Wikileaks.
Wired.com reported:
Federal officials have arrested an Army intelligence analyst who boasted of giving classified U.S. combat video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to whistleblower site Wikileaks, Wired.com has learned.
SPC Bradley Manning, 22, of Potomac, Maryland, was stationed at Forward Operating Base Hammer, 40 miles east of Baghdad, where he was arrested nearly two weeks ago by the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division. A family member says he’s being held in custody in Kuwait, and has not been formally charged.
Manning was turned in late last month by a former computer hacker with whom he spoke online. In the course of their chats, Manning took credit for leaking a headline-making video of a helicopter attack that Wikileaks posted online in April. The video showed a deadly 2007 U.S. helicopter air strike in Baghdad that claimed the lives of several innocent civilians.
He said he also leaked three other items to Wikileaks: a separate video showing the notorious 2009 Garani air strike in Afghanistan that Wikileaks has previously acknowledged is in its possession; a classified Army document evaluating Wikileaks as a security threat, which the site posted in March; and a previously unreported breach consisting of 260,000 classified U.S. diplomatic cables that Manning described as exposing “almost criminal political back dealings.”
“Hillary Clinton, and several thousand diplomats around the world are going to have a heart attack when they wake up one morning, and find an entire repository of classified foreign policy is available, in searchable format, to the public,” Manning wrote…
Manning came to the attention of the FBI and Army investigators after he contacted former hacker Adrian Lamo late last month over instant messenger and e-mail. Lamo had just been the subject of a Wired.com article. Very quickly in his exchange with the ex-hacker, Manning claimed to be the Wikileaks video leaker.
“If you had unprecedented access to classified networks 14 hours a day 7 days a week for 8+ months, what would you do?” Manning asked.
From the chat logs provided by Lamo, and examined by Wired.com, it appears Manning sensed a kindred spirit in the ex-hacker. He discussed personal issues that got him into trouble with his superiors and left him socially isolated, and said he had been demoted and was headed for an early discharge from the Army.
As Confederate Yankee reported,
“In every instance cited above by Manning there are avenues to blow the whistle on corruption and illegality through channels that would bring wrongdoers to justice.”
But, instead Manning released the video to Wikileaks where they were doctored to smear our troops in Iraq.
What a loser.
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brooklyn commented:
Disgusting in every sense…
Valerie commented:
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Freddy commented:
No problem, a quick military trial, and then shoot him as a spy.
But, no doubt, with Obama’s lawyers in charge, we will have a 3 year show trial where the entire US Military is attacked on a daily basis with the MSM praising him as some sort of hero to their cause!
James Stephens commented:
“Disgruntled intelligence officer SPC Bradley Manning ”
A SPC isn’t an officer. He’s enlisted, not commissioned. This is a particularly annoying mistake it seems everyone in the media makes these days.
Al commented:
Not just disgusting. Way more than stupid. This is a criminal act of treason in the theater of war during wartime.
SJ commented:
I agree! During wartime this is considered an act of Treason, punishable by death. If convicted, then a court marshal is in order and he should be lined up in front of a firing squad.
Snake Eater commented:
as former military all I have to say is this is nothing a rope and a tree won’t cure. BTW he is not an intelligence “Officer” he’s enlisted.
Snake Eater commented:
whoops I see the officer issue has been addressed above.
Viv commented:
Firing squad.
Moe commented:
An act of treason. We have some in this administration that are guilty of this as well.
Failing to protect us from enemies foreign and domestic by failing to secure our borders.
Granny commented:
Handing over classified military information is an act of treason and espionage. In past conflicts, traitors such as this soon-to-be-private E1 have been shot. This one deserves exactly the same, as soon as he has been milked dry of information.
newton commented:
A loser and a traitor: what a great combo for the UCMJ!
Enjoy your lifetime at Fort Leavenworth!
kato commented:
How can this be???
George W. Bush is no longer the commander-in-chief. An affirmative-action messiah is now running the show. Every killing must be justifiable. What was once torture must now good intelligence.
C’mon, America. Stand by your blowhard.
Stuart commented:
Behavior such as this will not be answered with a firing squad. Not yet:
After we lose a city or two, then it will.
David commented:
Treason. Yet unfortunately, he will live to do it again one day. It’s not just this administration (which is a joke) but many in the past. We NEED to bring back the USA that it once was.
Mark commented:
He looks like a girl.
archer52 commented:
There are two troubling comments in the article that lets you know how people see their responsibilities to a job.
“If you had unprecedented access to classified networks 14 hours a day 7 days a week for 8+ months, what would you do?” Manning asked.
My answer to that is- “My job, numbnuts.”
Sometimes we don’t get to be the seeker of justice, we just do what we are told and hope the people above us are doing the right thing.
“In every instance cited above by Manning there are avenues to blow the whistle on corruption and illegality through channels that would bring wrongdoers to justice.”
Sadly, Confederate Yankee is also wrong. There are times when you simply can’t fix it by following the chain of command. If the fix is worse than the illness all you will end up doing is upsetting people who have the power to ruin your career and your life. I know this to be true. The hardest lesson to learn sometimes is you simply have to walk away, accepting the fact that we are an imperfect race with imperfect intentions and outcomes. You can spend your life tilting at windmills, or you can keep your corner of your world as clean as possible and hope that, in the end, when you are judged it was good enough.
Andreas K. commented:
Punishment should be at least four dozen lashes with the cat.
Oh wait, he’s Army. Well, then the gauntlet or 200 slashes (as the Brits did it back in the days.)
Buffalobob commented:
I’ll bet he receives a job offer from the NYT. Then on to the MSM for praise and understanding.
Left Coast Conservative commented:
But, he’s such a nice boy. He was never any trouble. He was so polite. I can’t believe that this is true. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
They are all nice – til they aren’t. Look for the signs folks. They are there.
aro5o75 commented:
HANG HIM.!!
jonyjoe101 commented:
General George Custer would have had him shot for a lot less. The Military needs to make an example out of him.
No offense but he does look quite feminine and his demeaner and chatlogs sound quite feminine. Don’t ask don’t tell all over again.
caolila commented:
Too bad he couldn’t have leaked Obama’s birth certificate or school records.
Taxpayer1234 commented:
What an idiot. He’s going to be shocked, shocked! to find himself in front of a court martial.
Yankee was right: If he’d truly wanted to be a “whistle-blower,” he should have gone through channels first. Whistle-blowers do take great risk, and their careers are usually harmed/terminated because of it. But that’s a helluva lot better than facing a firing squad.
What an idiot!
scott commented:
whats up with the yankee calling crap, didnt we kick rebel butt and set them straight once already. have some respect, if it wasnt for us the world wouldnt have what it does.