Wikileaks Leaker Bradley Manning Smuggled Info Out on CD-RW Labeled ‘Lady Gaga’
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, November 28, 2010, 10:54 PM
Steps to treason…
Private First Class Bradley Manning Smuggled the Security Documents out CD-RW labeled “Lady Gaga.”
(Guardian)
Never before has a superpower lost control of such vast amounts of sensitive information. The The leaked documents reportedly came from the same source- Private First Class Bradley Manning – who was bitter after a breakup with his boyfriend. Manning, smuggled the information out of a secure facility on a CD-RW labeled “Lady Gaga.”
MSNBC Open Channel is tracking the leaked documents.
Here are a few items from the 250,000 dispatches leaked to leftist media outlets:
The White House had concerns about the mental health of Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
US view of Kim Jong-il, Putin, Sarkozy and Berlusconi
The German dispatches: Internal source kept U.S. informed of Merkel coalition negotiations
‘Tribune of Anatolia’: Diplomatic cables reveal U.S. doubts about Turkey’s government
Orders from Clinton: U.S. diplomats told to spy on other countries at United Nations
Fear of ‘different world’ if Iran gets nuclear weapons
Israel primed to attack a nuclear Iran
Secret EU plot to boycott Ahmadinejad inauguration
Iran ‘lied to UN inspectors about Qom nuclear site’
More on the document dump here.
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nocoen commented:
Drumhead trial for the PFC followed by a first class firing squad…open season on the owner of Wikipedia…
Opus#6@AmericanPerspective commented:
I hope people don’t lose their lives based on this information.
GLM In Ohio commented:
Firing squad …. and be quick about it. What a tool …
Conservative Ken commented:
That list reads like the National Enquirer of spy rumors. How does anyone know how authentic the leaks are?
JimmyT commented:
How could security be so lax that ANYONE could make copies of secret info? And they want to put my medical records on their SECURE systems?
Reaganite Republican commented:
That’s cuz he like to dress up like her lol
crosspatch commented:
I don’t believe he is the only leaker.
A PFC in a forward operating base 40 miles East of Baghdad would not be expected to have access to the Secretary of State’s directions to the US delegation to the UN.
There is more to it that just that guy.
Granny commented:
#5 November 29, 2010 at 12:26 am
JimmyT commented:
How could security be so lax that ANYONE could make copies of secret info? And they want to put my medical records on their SECURE systems?
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Government computer operations are notoriously insecure – have been for decades.
IronDioPriest commented:
Serious question. Why is Manning still alive?
crosspatch commented:
“Government computer operations are notoriously insecure – have been for decades.”
At some point you need to balance sharing of information with “need to know”. It all boils down to trust. We apparently are giving clearances to people who can not be trusted. I don’t care what happened in one’s personal life, one who would do such damage to their country over an emotional setback is not a person of the sort who should have access to such information. More important than a background check is a psychological evaluation. People being entrusted with such information should not be the sort who exhibit tantrums when things go badly for them.
Bonny Kate commented:
Lee Harvey Oswald had good enough security clearance to work on the U-2 spy program. Look what he went on to do.
squeaky commented:
“I hope people don’t lose their lives based on this information.” and that they will as the taliban is busily making a list and check’n it twice. and there are those here who will sit smuggly back and crow about future victims getting what they deserve for conspiring with the Americans – never mind that some of the future victims were just trying to bring a better life to their people.
bigkahuna9 commented:
Dont ask Dont tell Just put the clown in prison for life and if anyone loses their life because of this so should he. Be sure to put him in a womans prison so he cant enjoy what happens to him.
TiminPhx commented:
If they soft-pedal this traitor’s punishment, they should be court-martialed.
He committed countless acts of spying and did so during time of war.
The fact that he was turning over the the information to Wiki-leaks and not directly to a foreign government doesn’t make any difference.
Federal and Military law would allow for his execution. If only we had the guts like we used to do, to actually pull the trigger on this waste of skin.
Let’s see if the gays want to trot out this example of how a gay soldier was great for the country.
squeaky commented:
“How does anyone know how authentic the leaks are?” someone mentioned this earlier. and in a time where truth doesn’t matter – and we have seen a lot of that mentality. lies and misrepresentations without consideration of the consequences.
squeaky commented:
[President Obama cancelled anti-missile shield plans in Poland and the Czech Republic to get Russia support for UN sanctions against Iran, documents made public by Wikileaks reveal. ]
http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul144402_wikileaks—obama-traded-anti-missile-shield-for-russian-support.html
Will commented:
Honestly, I don’t believe that Bradley Manning was the one who was responsible for these round of leaks. It does not add up, how can an PFC from Intelligence was able to download State Dept communiques while in Iraq considering that those stuff were compartmentalized. I have a sneaking suspicion that Bradley Manning was set up to be the fall guy because some info are just to suspiciously current for him to be able to leak while waiting time in a military prison. The question is this, who are the other sources of WikiLeaks inside the United States government.
alex nolan commented:
As an Irishman, I am shocked that an Irish-American, PFC Manning, could betray his own country as he has. I hope that no lives will be lost over his and Wikileaks actions. Also may I ask why have International Arrest Warrents not been issued for the controllers of the Wikileaks site. The Federal Government, must take some action, to hold those responsible to account for their actions.
squeaky commented:
i’m not an “everything computer” person but some post yesterday led me to believe the method of transporting all this info was not a particularly large devise – a boxes of paperwork scenerio not. all that info in an easily portable chip or device…..”……Bradley Manning was set up to be the fall guy because some info are just to suspiciously current for him..” i’m sure they saw him coming.
Granny commented:
#11 November 29, 2010 at 4:33 am
Bonny Kate commented:
Lee Harvey Oswald had good enough security clearance to work on the U-2 spy program. Look what he went on to do.
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Lee Harvey Oswald was not in the Army. He was a Marine. He had a Confidential security clearance, required in his job as a radar operator. He was much better at being a radar operator (7th in class) than he was with a rifle. He first shot sharpshooter (barely) and then marksman. Everything went to pot when he got hold of an unauthorized handgun and shot himself in the elbow. The rest is history. (See Wiki)
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#18 November 29, 2010 at 6:08 am
Will commented:
Honestly, I don’t believe that Bradley Manning was the one who was responsible for these round of leaks. It does not add up, how can an PFC from Intelligence was able to download State Dept communiques while in Iraq considering that those stuff were compartmentalized. I have a sneaking suspicion that Bradley Manning was set up to be the fall guy because some info are just to suspiciously current for him to be able to leak while waiting time in a military prison. The question is this, who are the other sources of WikiLeaks inside the United States government.
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I have to agree with you. There does not seem to be any indication that Bradley Manning is some super-computer whiz kid (though he apparently did hang with some in Cambridge, MA), so until someone proves that he is, he was just some paper shuffler with a support battalion with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Contingency Operating Station Hammer, Iraq. That “intelligence analyst” title they’ve given him is misleading, in the same way that calling the janitor a sanitation engineer is.
RedBeard commented:
I have my doubts that Casper Milquetoast Obama will do much about this.
Treason is, by design, a very difficult charge to prosecute, and the standards may not have been met here. But every other possible charge should be lodged against Manning, both to punish him and to give him some incentive to spill his guts on co-conspirators.
Gipper1980 commented:
Kangaroo Court trial for the (should be) slick sleeve. He’s a disgrace to the Army & the USA. He was upset because of the “bitter breakup with his boyfriend.”? C’mon, man! That this idiot had access to these sorts of files shows that more care MUST be exercised. Whether he or the Wikileaks yo-yo released the info it’s a treasonous act worthy of execution.
So after his trial, I suggest a firing squad consisting not of rifles, but of disposable rocket launchers, such as a LAW, MAW, or HAW or whatever is current. Defending this idiot and/or the Wikileaks traitor is a travesty. That they claim to do it in the name of liberty, etc., is an abuse of the term and use of it.
squeaky commented:
[A computer hacker who calls himself "The Jester" claimed responsibility for the cyber attack which took down the WikiLeaks site Sunday, shortly..]
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/29/wikileaks.hacker/index.html?hpt=T1
Joel commented:
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/treason-bradley-manning-and-army-pc/
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/military-homosexual-scandal-tied-to-wikileaks-treason/
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/conservatives-and-the-suicide-of-the-west/
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/accused-army-traitor-cruised-gay-bars/
http://www.aim.org/aim-report/post-has-its-own-watergate-scandal/
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/communists-to-be-welcomed-at-progressive-march/
http://www.aim.org/guest-column/wikileaks-latest-revelations-do-not-shake-the-world/
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/why-do-progressives-defend-communists-and-terrorists/
http://www.aim.org/guest-column/wikileaks%E2%80%99-spoiler-and-sponger/
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/mixed-messages-from-glenn-beck/
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/will-the-tea-party-tackle-the-moral-crisis/
bobdog commented:
So exactly how many documents can you FIT on one single CD-RW?
Are we supposed to believe that every document from all three dumps came from one single CD-RW?
Let’s do a little math, shall we? I think there were maybe 50,000 documents in the first dump, 171,000 in the second dump, and now 250,000 in the third dump. With a promise of more to come.
My numbers may be a little flaky, but consider this: A CD-RW holds maybe 650 megabytes. 650,000,000 divided by 471,000 gives you an AVERAGE document size of 1380 BYTES PER MESSAGE.
I seriously doubt you could fit 471,000 document HEADERS onto one CD-RW, even with ZIP compression.
I call bulls**t. I think we’re being shovelled a load of crap. There’s more to this than meets the eye. And how is it that Manning, an E-nothing in Iraq on the ragged edge of sanity, had access to years of diplomatic cables from the State Department?
Is it raining or is somebody peeing on my back?
Will commented:
Yup, you got it. Mr Manning basically leaked the military operational stuff and I doubt that he managed to get that in a CD-RW either. The latest round of leaks were deliberate because most of the stuff appears to be current and Manning is in no position to leak that out. These are strategic leaks that are using Assange and the Wikileaks crew to influence US policy. I bet you that some of the leaks were supplied by the media themselves, traitorous members of State Department and I won’t be surprise if some came from the White House or Capitol Hill.
As a whole, it’s damaging to the US, but the greatest losers in this are Wiki Leaks, the Obama Administration, the press and those who hate Israel and most of all, the American people. And the blow back will not be pretty for the whole world. Assange and his merry group are walking dead men and women, they just effectively signed their own death warrants, the Obama administration will demand Kangaroo hearings and most of those who will be kicked out will be those who did not do anything wrong, you want suppression of the press in the interest of national security, you got it here also and guess who’s the first target. Not NYT, but Fox.
Chisum commented:
Yes it really was this easy
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/11/29/yes-it-really-was-this-easy-to-get-to-diplomatic-cables/
Rhinestone Suderman commented:
The whole Bradley Manning (heh!) affair, should really make us consider the wisdom of having gays in the military, with access to sensitive material.
Bugs commented:
The State Department shares SIPRNET with the military. The State Department and the Army use SIPRNET to share information with each other. That information includes emails, cables, and other communications, current and archived. The State Department and the Army cooperate on a lot of stuff in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s how an Army PFC in the boonies (with a high enough security clearance) gets access to State Department files.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIPRNET
Ultimately, it’s about trust and honesty. You have to give SOMEBODY access to sensitive stuff in order for the organization to do its business. And you have to expect them to do the right thing and protect that information. Most government and military people do. The simple fact is, the Army trusted this little a-hole to safeguard the information to which he had access and he betrayed that trust. Nothing more complicated or spooky than that.
Gini commented:
#19 November 29, 2010 at 6:22 am
alex nolan commented:
As an Irishman, I am shocked that an Irish-American, PFC Manning, could betray his own country as he has.
Bradley Manning was born in Oklahoma, but lived in Wales with his mother after his parents divorced. How does that make him Irish?
Arch commented:
When you apply for a routine Secret security clearance, you must fill out a form 298 listing every address you have ever had and all overseas travel in your life. Investigators are supposed to verify each. In my case as a military dependent, they could pull out my stepfather’s personnel record verifying Gulfport to Guam, Harvard to Honolulu. It usually takes about six months.
For a Top Secret clearance or a granting access to Special Compartmentalized Information, they go deeper, interviewing people who knew you to determine, among other things, if you exhibited unusual behavior that might make you vulnerable to extortion or prone to indiscretion. Have you had extramarital affairs? Have you had homosexual relationships? Have you abused drugs or alcohol? These behaviors make you vulnerable to intelligence agents. The Soviets were notorious for setting “honey traps” ensnaring married men or gays and using evidence as leverage.
Arch commented:
To address Rhinestone’s concern:
The military has been accused of prudishness and homophobia because of these standards, but PFC Bradley Manning is proving how easily people can be manipulated by human waste products such as Julian Assange. Manning is not the first (or the last) target used to gain unauthorized access.
One of my favorite movies is Enigma, the story of the allied code breaking effort at Bletchley Park. The lead character, Tom Jericho, is a brilliant Cambridge mathematician who designed the code breaking machine allowing the allies to read German Ultra and Shark codes – often cited as one of three reasons we won the war. In the film, Jericho went “off his trolly” over a woman then was smitten by Kate Winslet’s character, Hester. The real genius would more likely have been interested in Manning or Assange. In real life, Jericho was Alan Turing. In 1952, he was outed and prosecuted in UK for homosexuality. In 1954, he committed suicide.
In my view, don’t-ask-don’t-tell is bad policy, because it actually establishes a vulnerability. If the government wants military wants to accept gays, do it openly.
dwd commented:
Gays in the military… not looking like such a good idea, eh lefties? Relationships form, breakups happen, grudges develop… and brothers in arms are betrayed on the battlefield, secrets are leaked, and treason is committed.
Arch commented:
Sorry. Meant to say, “If the government wants the military to accept gays, do it openly.”
Rhinestone Suderman commented:
I’d agree that, if the government wants to accept gays, it should do it openly—but I still wonder if gays really belong in the military. Certainly manning seems to have been far more interested in gay activism, than he was in serving his country; a breakup with his boyfriend, and he goes into total hissy-fit mode, leaking secrets and endangering lives. Are there special dangers in having large numbers of gays in the military? Can we at least discuss them, and see what, if any, these dangers are, before engaging in a vast social experiment, to change the face of the American military?
Was Manning kept in the military for the sake of “diversity”, despite his flaunted homosexulaity—just like the Fort Hood shooter was ignored, despite all his talk about the Jihad, because, oh goshers, we’ve just GOT to be diverse! Are gay soldiers going to be judged by a politically correct double standard, as opposed to straight ones? This is not going to be good for the military.
Rhinestone Suderman commented:
And Arch Manning, you are right—the Soviets did use sex to target gays (as well as some married men), as being more than usually vulnerable, and open to pressure, and blackmail.
Diversity may be fine and dandy, but should the U.S. military be a lab for social experiments that have nothing to do with defense?
TugboatPhil commented:
A firing squad is more fitting for a warrior. This scum should be hanged slowly from a tree.
avery commented:
This is a lot Higher than Pvt.Manning,we want to keep him alive to lead us to the top.
Andreas K. commented:
Great, so you can just waltz out of secure facilities in the US with CDs?
Poses the one question though: how can a mere Pvt have access to this kind of stuff?
Chip Bennett commented:
I think it’s time for a public hanging, once due process has run its course and that scumbag traitor Bradley Manning is found guilty of his high crimes and misdemeanors.
No Man commented:
“Not that there’s anything wrong with it.” American Philosophizer/Theologist Jerry Seinfeld.
From “Never Yet Melted”
“The leaks demonstrate that political correctness overcame common sense and allowed a sexually perverted individual to obtain a position of responsibility which he could betray to serve his own personal grievances and agenda. Homosexuals are commonly unethical, emotionally unstable, and hostile to their own country and conventional society. Bradley Manning should never have been in the US Army in the first place, and still less should he ever have been give access to national and international secret communications.”
Er, repeal “Don’t ask, don’ tell!!!!”
Finally, Obama-worshipping morons say this is “embarrassing.”
Nothing to see here. Move along.
No Man commented:
Of course, I’m an intolerant, racist, uber-evil hater . . .
of enemies of God and my country.
Don Rodrigo commented:
So Manning’s gay, and a traitor. He betrayed his country because of his gayness.
I don’t assume nor expect that other gay soldiers will be disloyal just by virtue of their sexual orientation, but, due to gay militancy and attitudes these days, we have to reconsider dropping “dont ask/don’t tell” in light of the incredible stunt this idiot pulled in part because he broke up with his boyfriend.
Brenda commented:
Military Homosexual Scandal Tied to WikiLeaks Treason
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/military-homosexual….
Scrapiron commented:
Is anyone buying that much data fitting on a CD? A hundred CD’s? No way this happened, that volume of data was transfered by wire/air and took a long time. More likely the O’Dumbo regime released in as part of their drive to destroy America.
Charles Kirtley commented:
I have a feeling that Assange might be a Lady GaGa fan too.
Scrapiron commented:
The real traitor is living in the white house.