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Bradley Manning nominated for Nobel peace prize
- phaus 15y agoIf Bradley Manning had obtained direct knowledge of illegal actions throughout the course of his normal duties, he would probably have a valid argument for being a "whistleblower", but only if he went to a higher authority with the information (like his congressman) and even then, it would still require that he only released the information that was pertinent to the illegal actions in question. What Bradley Manning actually did was far worse. He was unhappy with being in the Army so he accessed a bunch of classified information that had nothing to do with his military duties. He went directly to a foreign national and handed over SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND classified documents. Even if some of the documents disclosed illegal activity, what about the 699,999 documents that didn't?