No good deed goes unpunished, and that is especially true when it comes to whistleblowers who expose the murderous machinations of the US government: SPC Bradley Manning, a 22-year-old intelligence analyst stationed at Forward Operating Base Hammer in the vicinity of Baghdad, was arrested two weeks ago for having supposedly sent Wikileaks the . The video, which showed US pilots murdering unarmed Iraqis, including a journalist, in cold blood and laughing about it, was posted to Wikileaks a month ago, and caused an international sensation. On the home front, it focused attention on the war when the issue had gone quiescent, and forced The link for this article located at antiwar is no longer available. . The Edward Snowden incident underscores the battle of informants against state confidentiality and intelligence norms.. Bradley Manning, Whistleblower Rights, Military Accountability. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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