Bradley Manlen
Bradley Manning, a member of the armed force in the United States, worked as an intelligence analyst in Iraq from 2009 to 2010. In 2010, he sent classified documents and videos about military decisions and actions in the Iraq War to a website, WikiLeaks and his intention was to reveal injustice and wrongdoings. Later on, he was accused of violating the American secrecy laws, providing aid to their national enemy and several relevant counts. At last, the US court’s military judge sentenced him to 35 years in prison for being guilty of violating the Espionage act, copying and distributing the high classified information. However, he was acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy.
Manning leaked a The 'Collateral Murder' Apache helicopter video, which revealed the grim and unimaginable truth of the American soldiers. In the video, the US helicopter crew fired a group of innocent civilians gathered in Baghdad. Not only did they murder these guiltless people without any reasons, but they also bantered and referred the victims as dead bastards while they were killing them. Their laughter and cruelty was spine chilling and no one would dare to imagine how brutal and inhumane these US servicemen could be. Bradley Manning had surely replenished the view of war and peace to people around the world by sending this infamous video to WikiLeaks. Audiences could hardly watch this kind of factual video in television news or from any government official websites because either the television news producers could not get any access to this video, or the government would prohibit the broadcast of the video. Therefore, Manning’s leak was definitely useful in providing a comprehensive picture of the Iraq war, which included the dark and unmentionable sides as well.
Bradley Manning also exposed the Afghanistan War logs and the Iraq War logs. These war logs consisted of thousands of significant activities records, which revealed the actual counts of death in
Manning leaked a The 'Collateral Murder' Apache helicopter video, which revealed the grim and unimaginable truth of the American soldiers. In the video, the US helicopter crew fired a group of innocent civilians gathered in Baghdad. Not only did they murder these guiltless people without any reasons, but they also bantered and referred the victims as dead bastards while they were killing them. Their laughter and cruelty was spine chilling and no one would dare to imagine how brutal and inhumane these US servicemen could be. Bradley Manning had surely replenished the view of war and peace to people around the world by sending this infamous video to WikiLeaks. Audiences could hardly watch this kind of factual video in television news or from any government official websites because either the television news producers could not get any access to this video, or the government would prohibit the broadcast of the video. Therefore, Manning’s leak was definitely useful in providing a comprehensive picture of the Iraq war, which included the dark and unmentionable sides as well.
Bradley Manning also exposed the Afghanistan War logs and the Iraq War logs. These war logs consisted of thousands of significant activities records, which revealed the actual counts of death in