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Classified Documents on Wikileaks

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In the not too distant past, Bradley Manning was arrested by authorities for releasing classified videos to the popular whistleblower website Wikileaks. He was ultimately turned in by the very person he confided the material to, a hacker he’d never met half a world away. There are further claims that the former intelligence analyst released up to 260,000 foreign policy documents as well – a fact that has not been confirmed though the military is seeking the Wikileaks owner’s cooperation in not publishing the material if it exists. Manning’s actions go against everything indoctrinated into those with access to sensitive information and could pose an enormous risk of jeopardizing the American collection ability, technique and global positioning within foreign policy. On the flip side of the coin are those who support him and view his release of the material as a heroic move against the war machine. What do you think?

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If the report is accurate and he really did what he claims, then I think he was simply too foolish to be trusted with classified information. If so, the Army must dahre some responsibility for the breach because it gave him the access. He looks like a school kind and he appears to have been big-noting himself with peers on the internet.

Whistle-blowing can be justified but if these allegations are true they could not be covered by whistleblower protection.

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