Bradley Manning: Frontline

Hello!
You can watch the "controversial" PBS Frontline programme about Bradley and Wikileaks here.
Fagburn is about to watch it.
It'll probably suck, but I'll give a more consindered review in a bit.
Bradley's only 5'2" by the way - adorable!

Right!
I can't do a sustained critique, cause it's late and I've been drinking cider.
In TVLand terms Bradley came out okay, I guess... it's just that he fraternised with twats like Assange and Adrian Lamo.
Here's some transcripts from Greg Mitchell they cut out, which may explain things better...

Manning "i want people to see the truth... regardless of who they are... because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public
Manning: if i knew then, what i knew now... kind of thing... or maybe im just young, naive, and stupid...
Manning: i dont believe in good guys versus bad guys anymore... i only a plethora of states acting in self interest... with varying ethics and moral standards of course, but self-interest nonetheless...
Manning: i guess im too idealistic
Manning: i think the thing that got me the most... that made me rethink the world more than anything
Manning: was watching 15 detainees taken by the Iraqi Federal Police... for printing "anti-Iraqi literature"... the iraqi federal police wouldn't cooperate with US forces, so i was instructed to investigate the matter, find out who the "bad guys" were, and how significant this was for the FPs... it turned out, they had printed a scholarly critique against PM Maliki... i had an interpreter read it for me... and when i found out that it was a benign political critique titled "Where did the money go?" and following the corruption trail within the PM's cabinet... i immediately took that information and *ran* to the officer to explain what was going on... he didn't want to hear any of it... he told me to shut up and explain how we could assist the FPs in finding *MORE* detainees...
Manning: everything started slipping after that... i saw things differently
Manning: i had always questioned the things worked, and investigated to find the truth... but that was a point where i was a *part* of something... i was actively involved in something that i was completely against..."

Hero.