What Leaks?

With [Brad] Manning’s court-martial approaching in September, his legal team has released details of what they claim is a shocking lack of diligence on the part of the military prosecutors in affording him his basic constitutional rights.

  Raw Story

That would be “shocking” how? His entire experience under the military has been one of denying him basic constitutional rights, particularly the last two years in prison

Almost two years after Manning was arrested, the military has not yet completed a search even of its own files to see if there is any material beneficial to the defence – as it is legally obliged to do.

I am currently watching a Netflix film: Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero? The man who turned in Brad Manning (Adrian Lamo - and read that link to understand how sketchy is his story) appears via a Skype interview, and if he isn't a mental case, then he does a darned good act.

Manning was first charged as the WikiLeaks suspect on 5 July 2010, but it was not until 29 July 2011 that the government sent out a memo to relevant army officials asking them to search for and keep information that should be disclosed to defence lawyers.

On top of that unexplained delay, the army then discovered on 17 April 2012 – fully nine months after the request went out and 21 months after Manning was charged – that absolutely no action had been taken by any of those officials.

No one has any intention of giving Brad Manning a fair trial. I often wonder even about his defense team.

And while we're on the subject. Anybody feeling any fallout over the WikiLeaks leaks? I mean other than Brad Manning being hung out to dry? Wasn't our “National Security” breached? Is Julian Assange still a wanted man in the US?

Truly, none of that is terribly disturbing. We're famous for our unsustainable adrenaline rushes. What is disturbing, however, is that there's been no real consequences for the US military in light of the information provided by the leaks. Business as usual.

UPDATE: Lamo has Asperger's and has taken medication for depression, which would explain his strange speech pattern and lack of expression:

Sometimes called the “geek syndrome,” Asperger’s is a mild form of autism that makes social interactions difficult, and can lead to obsessive, highly focused behavior.

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Lamo made his mark in the early 2000s with a string of brazen but mostly harmless hacks against large companies, conducted out in the open and with a striking naiveté as to the inevitable consequences for himself. In 2001, when he was 20, Lamo snuck into an unprotected content-management tool at Yahoo’s news site to tinker with a Reuters story, adding a made-up quote by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft.

  Wired

”Made up.”

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.