I had the complete opposite reaction to his transcript. Bradley Manning struck me as likely suffering from a level of mental disorder which renders him unable

I had the complete opposite reaction to his transcript. Bradley Manning struck me as likely suffering from a level of mental disorder which renders him unable to discern whether or not something belonged in the 'public domain.' "I'm in the desert, with a bunch of hyper-masculine trigger-happy ignorant rednecks as neighbors." These are not the words of a hero. More importantly, these are not the words of someone acting rationally. These are the words of someone who leaked massive amounts of information without knowing what the information was. In some cases -- like the Baghdad airstrike video -- the information was important to bring to light; in other cases, like Cablegate, the information caused hundreds of diplomats and journalists to fear for their lives. Bradley Manning, in my opinion, is a terrible example of a whistleblower, and if anything undermined the effort for transparency.