The Passion of Bradley Manning
Chase MadarWho is Private First Class Bradley Manning? Why did he allegedly commit the largest security breach in American history-and why was it so easy? Is Manning a traitor or a whistleblower? Is long-term isolation an outrage to American values-or the new norm? Are the leaks revolutionary or a sensational nonevent? Which is the greater security threat, routinized elite secrecy or flashes of transparency? And what impact does new information really have?
The astonishing leaks attributed to Bradley Manning are viewed from many angles, from Tunisia to Guantánamo Bay, from Foggy Bottom to Baghdad to small-town Oklahoma. Around the world, the eloquent alleged act of one young man obliges citizens to ask themselves if they have the right to know what their government is doing.