Calling Bradley Manning a whistleblower is a real stretch. First off what he leaked were secret US military and State Department documents. None of which uncovered any criminal behavior that could lead to a prosecution of anyone involved. In fact the leaked documents didn?t uncover anything that wasn't previously reported in the mainstream media. Did he think that the World didn?t know that the Iraqi insurgency was much worse than the Bush administration was saying 7 years ago. It is no longer even pertinent as far as whistleblowing is concerned.
What he did do was provide all of our enemies a clear understanding of how our military gets information in the field. It even provided the names of people who helped us and in some cases the names of covert American agents. Don?t even get me started on the leaked State Department documents.
Bradley Manning is no hero, he?s a tool.
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Calling Bradley Manning a whistleblower is a real stretch. First off what he leaked were secret US military and State Department documents. None of which uncovered any criminal behavior that could lead to a prosecution of anyone involved. In fact the leaked documents didn?t uncover anything that wasn't previously reported in the mainstream media. Did he think that the World didn?t know that the Iraqi insurgency was much worse than the Bush administration was saying 7 years ago. It is no longer even pertinent as far as whistleblowing is concerned.
What he did do was provide all of our enemies a clear understanding of how our military gets information in the field. It even provided the names of people who helped us and in some cases the names of covert American agents. Don?t even get me started on the leaked State Department documents.
Bradley Manning is no hero, he?s a tool.