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In reply to the discussion: What is the reason the GLBT Community doesn't support Bradley Manning? [View all]Pelican
(1,156 posts)"Assigned to an army unit based near Baghdad, Manning had access to databases used by the United States government to transmit classified information. He was arrested after Adrian Lamo, a computer hacker, told the FBI that Manning had confided during online chats that he had downloaded material from these databases and passed it to WikiLeaks. The material included videos of the July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike and the 2009 Granai airstrike in Afghanistan; 250,000 United States diplomatic cables; and 500,000 army reports that came to be known as the Iraq War logs and Afghan War logs. It was the largest set of restricted documents ever leaked to the public. Much of it was published by WikiLeaks or its media partners between April and November 2010.[2]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Manning
Are you seriously claiming that Manning read through 750,000 cables and military reports?
As to the full video, Assange admitted that he edited the video, leaving out the weapons that insurgents were carrying, so that he could appeal to the emotion of others. He also admitted that he knew that 90% of the people watching would only see the short video and would not have time to watch and analyse the full 45 minute engagement.