Mannings first leak to Wikileaks Julian assange was the infamous collateral murder video showing a u. S. Apache helicopter killing several civilians including two righters journalists in bag tad. Two months later they were rocked with the Afghanistan War logs which detailed previously unreported civilian casualties, use of u. S. Drones and special black ops to hunt and kill taliban leaders. The logs showed aiding afghan insurgents while collecting u. S. Foreign aid. If journalism is good, it is controversial by its nature. It is the role of Good Journalism to take on powerful abuses and when powerful abuses are taken on there is always a backlash. Yet, the day after the release of the Afghanistan War logs president obama was dismissive. The fact is, these documents dont reveal any issues that havent already informed our public debate on afghanistan. These war logs were followed by the publication of the iraq war logs. In october 2010 and the release of 250,000 state Department Cables t
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0 public debate on afghanistan. these war logs were followed by the publication of the iraq war logs. in october 2010 and the release of 250,000 state department cables the following month. in sum, manning s leaks constituted the largest security breach in u.s. history but they also constituted something else, the most comprehensive evidentiary trove of evidence of u.s. led wars in iraq and afghanistan. joining me, curt anderson and white house correspondent for the wall street journal , karen lee. and also attorney for wikileaks and julian assange, michael ratner. michael, i d like to go to you first today. the sentence for bradley manning, 35 years, could go down to 10 years. there have been a number of different reactions to this. i wonder where you stand. wikileaks tweeted this is a significant strategic victory in the case. the center for u.s. years his lib wall supporters giving him criticism because of him saying things like that and because of the government s decision to