My understanding is that everyone knew Manning was gay. I doubt that has much to do with the case though. Their primary evidence is that someone claiming to be

My understanding is that everyone knew Manning was gay. I doubt that has much to do with the case though. Their primary evidence is that someone claiming to be Manning confessed to some other dude via internet chat. It seems to me that anything confessed over (non-video non-voice text only) internet chat should be completely inadmissible as there really is no way to know who you are talking to.