Lyndie England
PFC Bradley Manning
Posted on 07/30/2010 8:27:30 AM PDT by davidosborne
Passing it on my FRiends.. I posted this on the Breaking News bar because I thought it was very relevent and more news on this matter is breaking everyday. The more we know about PFC Manning the more we will understand how and why the matter is being dealt with.... PFC Manning has some interesting supporters out there raising funds for his defense... The purpose of this thread is not so much to discuss the facts of the case.. there are plenty of other threads for that... But rather I am interested in knowing WHO this guy or gal is which could explain the motive for his/her actions.
He’s a fan of Robert Gates. Disturbing.
BTTT
Future US Senator from NY or CA
I think the “Poke Bradley” button says it all....
This guy had better end up in Leavenworth prison. Since they can’t shoot people anymore or hang em... a long prison sentence is the only solution.
He should be charged as a traitor.
The guy’s a fruit.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Future US Senator from NY or CA
Best answer so far diing ding ding
Bradley Manning, suspected source of Wikileaks documents, raged on his Facebook page.....
Bradley Manning, the prime suspect in the leaking of the Afghan war files, raged against his US Army employers and “society at large” on his Facebook page in the days before he allegedly downloaded thousands of secret memos, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.
The US Army intelligence analyst, who is half British and went to school in Wales, appeared to sink into depression after a relationship break-up, saying he didn’t “have anything left” and was “beyond frustrated”.
In an apparent swipe at the army, he also wrote: “Bradley Manning is not a piece of equipment,” and quoted a joke about “military intelligence” being an oxymoron.
Mr Manning, 22, who is currently awaiting court martial, is suspected of leaking more than 90,000 secret military documents to the Wikileaks website in a security breach which US officials claim has endangered the lives of serving soldiers and Afghan informers.
Supporters claim the war logs leak exposed civilian deaths in Afghanistan which had been covered up by the military, and Mr Manning’s family, who live in Pembrokeshire, said he had “done the right thing”.
The Pentagon, which is investigating the source of the leak, is expected to study Mr Manning’s background to ascertain if they missed any warnings when he applied to join the US Army. The postings on his Facebook page are also likely to form part of the inquiry.
Mr Manning, who is openly homosexual, began his gloomy postings on January 12, saying: “Bradley Manning didn’t want this fight. Too much to lose, too fast.”
At the beginning of May, when he was serving at a US military base near Baghdad, he changed his status to: “Bradley Manning is now left with the sinking feeling that he doesn’t have anything left.”
Five days later he said he was “livid” after being “lectured by ex-boyfriend”, then later the same day said he was “not a piece of equipment” and was “beyond frustrated with people and society at large”.
His tagline on his personal page reads: “Take me for who I am, or face the consequences!”
Mr Manning was arrested at the end of May on suspicion of leaking a video of a US helicopter attack, and quickly became the main suspect when the Afghan war documents were leaked earlier this week.
His uncle, Kevin Fox, said the soldier’s arrest and imprisonment in a military jail had taken its toll on his mother Susan, who lives in Haverfordwest.
“She hasn’t been well,” he said, adding that if Mr Manning had leaked the documents: “I think the boy did the right thing.”
Another close relative, who asked not to be named, said: “His mum didn’t know anything about what he was doing and it’s come as a big shock. She’s very upset.”
Susan Manning, 56, moved to the US in 1979 after marrying Bradley’s American father Brian Manning, a former serviceman who was based at the Cawdor Barracks in Brawdy, near Haverfordwest.
Bradley Manning was born in Oklahoma but the couple divorced in 2001 and Mrs Manning moved back to Wales with her son, who sat his GCSEs at the Tasker Milward secondary school in Haverfordwest.
Joseph Staples, Mr Manning’s uncle by marriage, said: “It’s one of those Catch 22 situations, because freedom of speech is great but if you do something that endangers other people’s lives then I can understand why you’re going to get flattened by the American military.
“Some people are saying that Bradley was a trouble-maker but he was anything but. He was just an introverted kid who loved computers and was fired up politically.”
Scott Lewis, a former classmate, said: “He was a bit hot-headed. If there was something he didn’t agree with, he spoke up about it.”
Other school contemporaries recalled him as a computer “nerd” who had a difficult relationship with his father.
Jenna Morris, a 23-year-old sales manager who went on holiday to Disney World in Florida with Bradley and his cousins, said: “He was a quiet lad and he’d had a tough upbringing.
“His parents had an acrimonious divorce. He didn’t get on well with his dad; they had quite a volatile relationship. His dad was very strict and shouted at him a lot.
“He had a tough time when he came back here with his mum because moving to another country after a break-up was hard. He was quite a loner and he didn’t really have a lot of friends. He had quite a bit of trouble at school and was picked on, but he didn’t care.”
James Kirkpatrick, who became friendly with him through their shared interest in computers, said: “I last contacted him about six months ago. He didn’t mention anything about what was happening, but at the same time he did seem a bit secretive, he was being a bit paranoid about what we spoke about on the net.
“He wouldn’t mention anything about what he was doing in the army and what he thought of it.”
Pictures on Mr Manning’s Facebook page include photos of him on school trips during his time in Wales and at a gay rights rally, where he is holding up a placard demanding equality on “the battlefield”.
Yesterday Mr Manning, who is reportedly on suicide watch, was transferred from a military jail in Kuwait to a prison in Washington DC, as the Pentagon called in the FBI to assist in the hunt for the source of the leak.
Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the leakers “might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family” because, he said, the leaked documents included the names of Afghan informants.
Can't answer for the drive-by-media, John, but this 'dump-of-intel' gives zer0 a 'Get out of Afghanistan free' card.
If the results of any investigation show that the USA presence is compromised and puts the Forces in unmanageable Harms Way, zer0 could walk away from the entire Middle East without getting dirty ..................... FRegards
Oh, OK. I didn't see that in the story. So this was a political decision on his part, and because of his snit, unknown numbers of Afghanis will be killed by the Taliban.
Bump
I thought the same thing, I think her last name was English or something like that.
ping
looks obvious so far.
UGH ! Scary, very scary indeed..
The Dems have been looking for ANY excuse to cut and run for years. I'm sure they'll attempt to use this as cover.
Lyndie England
PFC Bradley Manning
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.