# Bradley Manning (WikiLeaks) Finally on Trial; Did Anyone Lose Their Job?

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**Created:** [June 3, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradley-manning-wikileaks-finally-on-trial-did-anyone-lose-their-job/660059 "2013-06-03T19:31:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradley-manning-wikileaks-finally-on-trial-did-anyone-lose-their-job/660059/1 "2013-06-03T19:31:52Z")

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“A military prosecutor told a judge on Monday that Pfc. Bradley Manning was no ordinary leaker, as the court-martial opened for the former Army intelligence analyst who has confessed to being the source for vast archives of secret military and diplomatic documents made public by WikiLeaks.”

> **[Trial Portrays Two Sides of Private in Leak Case (Published 2013)](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/us/bradley-manning-wikileaks-court-martial-case-begins.html?_r=0)**
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> During a court-martial on Monday, a prosecutor said Pfc. Bradley Manning put sensitive information into enemy hands, while his defense lawyer said his client had been “naïve.”

My opinion is that anyone in his low position could have only have done this if there are a number of people in higher positions who completely screwed up. So did this result in any of these people losing his job?

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradley-manning-wikileaks-finally-on-trial-did-anyone-lose-their-job/660059/2 "2013-06-03T20:55:03Z")

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The second question is what exactly were the catastrophic consequences–that the U.S. Government told us would happen?

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradley-manning-wikileaks-finally-on-trial-did-anyone-lose-their-job/660059/3 "2013-06-03T21:45:01Z")

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The third question is why does anyone even bother to think that he’s some kind of whistleblower?