{"id":1118,"date":"2011-12-21T14:24:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T19:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.law.harvard.edu\/journals\/hlpr\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2015-10-02T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T15:24:51","slug":"strange-developments-in-manning-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/lpr\/2011\/12\/21\/strange-developments-in-manning-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Developments in Manning Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Marshall Thompson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The trial of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1f2d61\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120625033224\/http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/wikileaks-gay-solider-defense-help-bradley-manning-100500490.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bradley Manning<\/a>\u00a0continues after taking a few sensational turns last week. We discussed on this\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1f2d61\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120625033224\/http:\/\/hlpronline.com\/2011\/03\/does-bradley-manning-deserve-to-die\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>\u00a0a few months ago how Manning\u2019s charges for allegedly leaking classified information to Wikileaks could amount to capital punishment, so the stakes could not be higher.<\/p>\n<p>The first surprise was that Manning was<a style=\"color: #1f2d61\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120625033224\/http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/wikileaks-gay-solider-defense-help-bradley-manning-100500490.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0transgender<\/a>. The stress for a U.S. soldier who was either gay or transgender under the Don\u2019t Ask Don\u2019t Tell policy would have been intense. Some<a style=\"color: #1f2d61\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120625033224\/http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/wikileaks-gay-solider-defense-help-bradley-manning-100500490.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0experts<\/a>\u00a0say the goal behind this defense would be sentence reduction.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It also shows that his chain of command was unresponsive to his stressful situation, even after he informed them that he was having problems because of his gender identity. Spreading the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1f2d61\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120625033224\/http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/wikileaks-gay-solider-defense-help-bradley-manning-100500490.html\" target=\"_blank\">blame<\/a>\u00a0around for the leaks makes him less likely to end up a scapegoat.<\/p>\n<p>The second unusual revelation was that Manning\u2019s alleged\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1f2d61\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120625033224\/http:\/\/www.wired.com\/threatlevel\/2011\/12\/adrian-lamo-bradley-manning\/\" target=\"_blank\">chat-room confession<\/a>\u00a0was given to an ex-hacker who was also an ordained minister. Adrian Lamo, the hacker-turned-informant, admitted in cross-examination that the private chat took place under conditions that \u201ca reasonable person\u201d would conclude were\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1f2d61\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120625033224\/http:\/\/www.wired.com\/threatlevel\/2011\/12\/adrian-lamo-bradley-manning\/\" target=\"_blank\">confidential<\/a>. In fact, Lamo allegedly told Manning that he was a minister and that anything he told him would be considered a privileged confession.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson, of course, is never trust a minister you meet in a chat room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall Thompson The trial of\u00a0Bradley Manning\u00a0continues after taking a few sensational turns last week. 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