This is my foray into writing completely speculative theories on a message board, but what the hell, gotta start sometime.
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1) Not speculative: Manning is gay - the media already made a huge deal out of this.
2) Somewhat speculative - Lamo is gay - from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Lamo - "Lamo was appointed to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youth Task Force by San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano"
3) Completely speculative - Manning contacted Lamo on the basis of talking to someone who would understand.
4) Completely speculative - So far, there's no direct evidence that Manning's leaking the documents has anything to do with him being gay, and only complete right-wing nuts (e.g. http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/31575) claim that. If there's something in the chat logs that says "I am gay, I leaked the documents because I hate the US and the Army's policy on treating gays, and I hope you (Adrian Lamo) understand", then there's direct evidence. Repealing DADT was already extremely controversial, and if Wired released those chat logs when they first acquired them, it would've made the discussion even more explosive. (never mind the argument that being dissatisfied in the army because of DADT is a reason to repeal DADT.) The repeal of DADT passed. Had Wired released those chat logs, it might not have. Assuming that editors at Wired and their general audience is left-leaning (somewhat speculative - I lean to the left, so do my friends, we read Wired), they wouldn't want to do anything that might interfere with the repeal of DADT, especially something like providing a link between Manning's sexual orientation and him leaking the cables.
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1) Not speculative: Manning is gay - the media already made a huge deal out of this.
2) Somewhat speculative - Lamo is gay - from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Lamo - "Lamo was appointed to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youth Task Force by San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano"
3) Completely speculative - Manning contacted Lamo on the basis of talking to someone who would understand.
4) Completely speculative - So far, there's no direct evidence that Manning's leaking the documents has anything to do with him being gay, and only complete right-wing nuts (e.g. http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/31575) claim that. If there's something in the chat logs that says "I am gay, I leaked the documents because I hate the US and the Army's policy on treating gays, and I hope you (Adrian Lamo) understand", then there's direct evidence. Repealing DADT was already extremely controversial, and if Wired released those chat logs when they first acquired them, it would've made the discussion even more explosive. (never mind the argument that being dissatisfied in the army because of DADT is a reason to repeal DADT.) The repeal of DADT passed. Had Wired released those chat logs, it might not have. Assuming that editors at Wired and their general audience is left-leaning (somewhat speculative - I lean to the left, so do my friends, we read Wired), they wouldn't want to do anything that might interfere with the repeal of DADT, especially something like providing a link between Manning's sexual orientation and him leaking the cables.
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