1. Bradley Manning
A brief introduction the man and his
story

2. • Born December 17, 1987 (age 24) Crescent,
Oklahoma, United States
• Occupation Soldier, United States Army
• Known for Allegedly passed classified data to
WikiLeaks
• Criminal charge Charges include transferring
classified data onto his personal computer;
transmitting national defense information to an
unauthorized source; aiding the enemy.

3. • Manning's former partner, Tyler Watkins, told
reporters that, while on leave in Boston in
January 2010, Manning said he had found some
sensitive information and was considering leaking
it.[2] During the same month Manning began
posting on Facebook in a way that suggested he
was upset about something. According to The
Daily Telegraph, he wrote, "Bradley Manning
didn't want this fight. Too much to lose, too fast,"
and said he was livid after being "lectured by ex-
boyfriend."[18]

4. • On May 7, 2010, after other soldiers
witnessed Manning punch a female
intelligence analyst, Specialist Shulman, in the
face, he was demoted and told he was about
to be discharged.[21][14] On May 20, he
contacted Adrian Lamo, a former "grey hat"
hacker convicted in 2004 of having accessed
The New York Times computer network
without permission.

5. • According to Lamo, Manning sent him several
encrypted e-mails on May 20 after seeing a
tweet from Lamo about WikiLeaks.

6. • he asked Lamo: "If you had unprecedented access
to classified networks 14 hours a day, 7 days a
week for 8+ months, what would you do?" Lamo
told him: "I'm a journalist and a minister. You can
pick either, and treat this as a confession or an
interview (never to be published) & enjoy a
modicum of legal protection." Manning told
Lamo he felt isolated, and had "lost all of my
emotional support channels ... family, boyfriend,
trusting colleagues ... im a mess."[

7. • On April 5, it published the Apache helicopter
video of the July 2007 Baghdad airstrike,
which Manning is alleged to have passed on in
February; WikiLeaks called it the "Collateral
Murder" video, and it attracted widespread
coverage. On July 25, it released the Afghan
war documents, and in October the Iraq War
documents, internal military war logs and
diaries.

8. • He said he hoped the material would lead to
"worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms,"
and if not we're "doomed as a species...". He
said the reaction to the Baghdad airstrike
video had given him hope: "CNN’s iReport was
overwhelmed ... Twitter exploded ..." He
continued: "i want people to see the truth…
regardless of who they are ... because without
information, you cannot make informed
decisions as a public.[

9. • Manning was arrested on May 26, 2010, and
held at first in a military jail at Camp Arifjan in
Kuwait.[29]
• On July 29, 2010, Manning was moved from
Kuwait to the Marine Corps Base Quantico,
Virginia, and classified as a "maximum custody
detainee"

10. • Manning's lawyer released an 11-page letter from Manning on
March 10, 2011, written to the U.S. military in response to their
decision to retain his Prevention of Injury status. In the letter, he
described having been placed on suicide watch for three days in
January, and having had his clothing removed, apart from
underwear, as well as prescription eyeglasses; he said the loss of
the latter forced him to sit in "essential blindness." He wrote that
he believed this was done as retribution for a protest his supporters
had held outside the jail the day before; he alleged that, just before
the suicide watch began, the guards began harassing him and
issuing conflicting orders, telling him to turn left, then not to turn
left. He also described being required to sleep without clothes and
stand naked for morning parade: "The guard told me to stand at
parade rest, with my hands behind my back and my legs spaced
shoulder width apart. I stood at "parade rest" for about three
minutes until the DBS [duty brig supervisor] arrived. ... The DBS
looked at me, paused for a moment, and then continued to the
next detainee's cell. I was incredibly embarrassed at having all these
people stare at me naked. ..." He wrote that the smock he was later
given to wear at night was coarse and uncomfortable, and that he
regarded the removal of his other clothing as unlawful pretrial
punishment.[35]

11. • The Bradley Manning Support Network was formed in
June 2010 by Mike Gogulski, an American living in
Slovakia. Manning's friend, David House, was also
involved in founding it, and it was coordinated by
Courage to Resist, which supports war resisters within
the military. Several notable figures joined its advisory
board, including Daniel Ellsberg, one of 30 protesters
arrested outside the Quantico base in March 2011;
filmmaker Michael Moore, who contributed $5,000;
Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst; Ann Wright, a
retired army colonel; and Robert Meeropol. Rallies
were held in the United States, Canada, the
Netherlands, and Ireland, and by January 2011
donations for Manning's defense had risen to over
$100,000, including $15,100 from WikiLeaks.[47]

12. • The hacker group Anonymous threatened in
March 2011 to disrupt activities at Quantico
by cyber-attacking communications and
exposing information about personnel, calling
it "Operation Bradical."[48]
• Manning was one of 241 candidates listed for
the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.[