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from the article:
"According to the chat logs, Manning's turning point came when he watched Iraqi police detain 15 people for printing anti-Iraqi literature that turned out to be a scholarly critique of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
"After that ... I saw things differently," he wrote. "I was actively involved in something that I was completely against.""
Perhaps that POS should have watched more footage of the twin towers coming down. Maybe that would have been a turning point? Clearly he hasn't seen his fellow analysts get hit by an insurgent IED or attended their ramp ceremony. Turning point?
I agree with JB that Manning isn't a whistle blower. I would argue that he's actually a traitor who placed his personal desire for fame ahead of the welfare of his brothers in arms. He knowingly and willingly removed the information and transmitted that information to a foreign national. IMO, he conducted espionage in the name of ideology and should be shot as a wartime spy. Because of his background, he's a danger to American society.
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