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Possible motive for Manning's actions surface

Started by Shana A, July 14, 2011, 08:32:41 AM

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Shana A

Possible motive for Manning's actions surface
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Alan Wang

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=8249534

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Internet conversations from the man accused leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks were released Wednesday afternoon by San Francisco-based Wired.com. For the first time, we're getting a glimpse of a possible motive behind the top secret leaks.

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Identifying himself with the username "Bradass87" Manning writes:
(10:19:59 AM) bradass87: I've had an unusual, and very stressful experience over the last decade or so.
(10:20:53 AM) bradass87: Yes... questioned my gender for several years... sexual orientation was easy to figure out... but I started to come to terms with it during the first few months of my deployment.
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