How Lady Gaga Helped Leak 150,000 Classified State Department Cables

Gawker ^ | 07/10/2010 | Adrian Chen

[OldDeckHand]

More details are emerging about the case of Wikileaker Pvt. Bradley Manning and they are… Gagalicious. Manning's plan to download and leak thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks hinged on lip-syncing to "Telephone".

Manning allegedly leaked the Iraq Apache helicopter video, and it's believed he also downloaded over 150,000 diplomatic cables from the military's SPIR-Net and shared them with Wikileaks. How did he do it without arousing suspicion? According to the New York TimesAccording to the New York Times:

"He was able to avoid detection not because he kept a poker face, they said, but apparently because he hummed and lip-synched to Lady Gaga songs to make it appear that he was using the classified computer's CD player to listen to music."

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[OldDeckHand]

This is a funny headline, but it's actually a deadly serious subject. This story, along with the this story...

Was Wikileaker Bradley Manning Betrayed By His Queer Identity?

...begs the questions, WTF is going on in the Army's Intelligence division? How did this kid get any kind of security clearance, but ESPECIALLY the kind of clearance that gives him access to our most sensitive foreign station cables?

I would ask why this isn't being covered by the broadcast networks, considering the fact it may be the most damaging breach of national security since Robert Hansen, but the answer is likely to be self-evident - The media doesn't want to shine any light on a homosexual serving in the military, whose homosexuality may have contributed (in no small way) to this breach.

[napscoordinator]

Damn Lady Gaga. Now look what you have done. lol.

[G Larry]

“...homosexuality may have contributed (in no small way) to this breach....”

Did you do that on purpose?

Homo....breach....LOL!

[truthguy]

The mear fact he's listening to Lady Gaga ought to tell you something is wrong with this guy. He's a soldier for heavens sake and he's listening to Lady Gaga? You can't tell anything from a photo, or can you? There something unusual about that photo of the guy. I can't put my finger on it but it might have something to to with, "...don't ask, don't tell...". I could be wrong.

If he is guilty as charged he should spend a couple of decades in the slammer. Let's see him with his sick smile from behind bars!

[KarlInOhio]

If the Army only had to worry about soldiers listenting to Lady Gaga they would be in good shape. Instead they are making Lady Gaga videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKL8w-_zC_s

[Fido969]

lol.

[digger48]

The mear fact he's listening to Lady Gaga ought to tell you something is wrong with this guy. He's a soldier for heavens sake and he's listeningto Lady Gaga?

Now what's wrong with a guy prancing around singing ....

I won't tell you that I love you
Kiss or hug you
Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin
I'm not lying I'm just stunnin' with my love-glue-gunning

Just like a chick in the casino
Take your bank before I pay you out
I promise this, promise this
Check this hand cause I'm marvelous

[VRWCtaz]

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