Retired Officer Says Bradley Manning's Leaks 'Hit Us in the Face'
Testifying during sentencing phase of the trial
(Reuters) - The U.S. Army was overwhelmed when WikiLeaks published more than 700,000 secret diplomatic and war documents handed over by soldier Bradley Manning, a retired officer testified in the sentencing phase of the convicted private's court-martial.
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Well no sh*t.
He did a huge totally arbitrary data dump, didn't redact a single name or date, and basically took an enormous shit on the military.
Then he claimed that it was ok because he was a persecuted homosexual.
This is not Snowden, this is a dangerous clown.