Subversively Talented
From the descriptions published of the life and experiences, the temperament and character of young Bradley Manning, it would be amazing if he had turned out to be anything but a social deviant. He was adamant in his likes and dislikes and violent in his reactions to what displeased him, according to published description. And he was homosexual, which guaranteed that he would be seen as a social misfit and disliked by others for any number of reasons.
How personally traumatic it must have been to the man only now 23 years of age, but still a teen then, being thrown out of his home when his father became aware that the son was gay. This, after losing a job after dropping out of school at 16, because his employer swiftly recognized the rebelliousness of personality that would never get along with anyone. His intelligence was never challenged, he was never given the opportunity.
The first strike against his future might have been identified as his parents' broken marriage. The second that the young boy was challenged by his peers as a gay geek. "He was a funny little character, really on the ball, a really bright kid. [He] loved computers, absolutely loved them", according to an individual who knew him when he lived with his mother in her native Wales.
When his father turned him out and he lived in his car, working at minimum-wage jobs, he thought of entering the U.S. military as a means of extending his educational opportunities. With a security clearance and training as an intelligence agent, then assigned to a brigade that shipped out to Baghdad as a computer specialist, you'd think he'd have reached his goal. But he didn't take orders well, and he was utterly socially disaffected.
"Bradley Manning is not a piece of equipment", he fumed.
And he decided to take his revenge on society, his country, and anyone who had ever used him badly, and that would be just about everyone to his mind, quite obviously. He embarked on a personal mission to 'exfiltrate' U.S. data, copying hundreds of thousands of classified and unclassified files so he could hand them over to Julian Assange of WikiLeaks.
Discovered when someone to whom he'd confided jubilantly about his covert escapade contacted authorities. And now charged with stealing secret information. He faces fifty years' incarceration. The U.S. is not amused at the furor the release of these documents has caused in diplomatic circles around the world.
And anticipates, with good cause, additional difficulties it faces in further communication with counterparts releasing mutually useful data to them. Making their mission to combat extremism and violent jihad a little more complicated. Conventionally, traditionally, the U.S. has been unforgiving of traitors.
Mr. Manning, who so deplores taking orders and being told what to do, will have a long time to adjust to all of that, and more.
How personally traumatic it must have been to the man only now 23 years of age, but still a teen then, being thrown out of his home when his father became aware that the son was gay. This, after losing a job after dropping out of school at 16, because his employer swiftly recognized the rebelliousness of personality that would never get along with anyone. His intelligence was never challenged, he was never given the opportunity.
The first strike against his future might have been identified as his parents' broken marriage. The second that the young boy was challenged by his peers as a gay geek. "He was a funny little character, really on the ball, a really bright kid. [He] loved computers, absolutely loved them", according to an individual who knew him when he lived with his mother in her native Wales.
When his father turned him out and he lived in his car, working at minimum-wage jobs, he thought of entering the U.S. military as a means of extending his educational opportunities. With a security clearance and training as an intelligence agent, then assigned to a brigade that shipped out to Baghdad as a computer specialist, you'd think he'd have reached his goal. But he didn't take orders well, and he was utterly socially disaffected.
"Bradley Manning is not a piece of equipment", he fumed.
And he decided to take his revenge on society, his country, and anyone who had ever used him badly, and that would be just about everyone to his mind, quite obviously. He embarked on a personal mission to 'exfiltrate' U.S. data, copying hundreds of thousands of classified and unclassified files so he could hand them over to Julian Assange of WikiLeaks.
Discovered when someone to whom he'd confided jubilantly about his covert escapade contacted authorities. And now charged with stealing secret information. He faces fifty years' incarceration. The U.S. is not amused at the furor the release of these documents has caused in diplomatic circles around the world.
And anticipates, with good cause, additional difficulties it faces in further communication with counterparts releasing mutually useful data to them. Making their mission to combat extremism and violent jihad a little more complicated. Conventionally, traditionally, the U.S. has been unforgiving of traitors.
Mr. Manning, who so deplores taking orders and being told what to do, will have a long time to adjust to all of that, and more.
Labels: Human Relations, Realities, Social-Cultural Deviations, United States, Whoops
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