#9. To: christine, All, *Black Ops - Psyops* (#0)(Edited)
What Manning really did as a "role model" was play an assigned part in a precision-timed, end of Passover, PsyOp-plaguing strike against the eldest of America's Army Divisions - The Big Red One/1st Infantry Division/The Fighting First.
Manning the alleged "Persecuted" also played a prominent role in the repeal of the Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. His reported motivation for contacting Wikileaks was not concern about the War but vengeance because of that policy.
In addition to the precision-timed release date of April 5, 2010 of said video that Assange reportedly had possesion of since 2009 but secreted until then, Wikileaks also published nearly the entire order of battle for American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Edit to add: It also published over 2000 pages on equipment used by coalition forces in Afghanistan, which the Pentagon determined could be used by enemies to target vulnerabilities and build new devices.] Reference: The New York Times.
The Judge in Manning's case surprisingly acquited him of aiding the enemy so it should be recalled that Germany was something of a party to that -- our supposed ally that supported the endangerment of our troops through such publication of classified info as order of battle [Edit to add: and equipment] by sanctioning tax-deductions there for donations to Wikileaks. Ironically, Germany's stance against leaking and publishing its own classified info is described as draconian. Reference: The Weekly Standard.
Edited to add the bracketed inserts at both paragraphs.