August 2, 2010
Military Homosexual Scandal Tied to WikiLeaks Treason
Cliff Kincaid
In the scandal involving the theft and release of classified military information that could cost the lives of U.S. military personnel, the British Telegraph newspaper is reporting that the American soldier at the center of the scandal was “openly homosexual” and apparently held a grudge against the U.S. because of the military’s anti-gay policy.
In another bizarre twist, reliable reports suggest that Private First Class Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army Intelligence analyst accused of leaking the classified information to the WikiLeaks.org website, was not only a homosexual but was considering a sex change. Manning was arrested at the end of May and is being detained by U.S. authorities.
The Telegraph features photographs of Manning, who could face more than 50 years in prison for treasonous conduct, holding up a sign with rainbow colors demanding “equality on the battlefield” and participating in a gay pride parade.
It is apparent that Manning, based on published reports, was a public homosexual activist for at least over a year. During this time he apparently came up with the idea of downloading and releasing the classified information to WikiLeaks as a way to get back at the United States military over its policy regarding homosexuality.
Telegraph writers Heidi Blake, John Bingham and Gordon Rayner write that Manning had “appeared to sink into depression after a relationship break-up” and became increasingly bitter with his treatment by the Army.
It may be the case that Manning was anxious about the failure of Congress to pass the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” anti-gay military policy.
President Obama had promised during the 2008 campaign to repeal the policy and in office has championed the “rights” of homosexual and “transgendered” people to high-level federal positions.
The riveting Telegraph account of Manning’s growing rage and anger raises serious questions of how the soldier was able to flaunt his homosexuality despite the fact that the Pentagon still officially has a policy in place of excluding open homosexuals from military service.
In a clear indication that the law was being ignored by the Obama Administration, the evidence demonstrates that Manning was continuing to serve after openly flaunting his homosexuality, including on Facebook.
Who in the Obama Administration—and the Department of Defense—was aware of his conduct and looked the other way? Was Manning given a pass because his “lifestyle” was considered to be in favor and acceptable under the Obama Administration?
Now, because of the obvious mishandling of this homosexual ticking time bomb, it appears that the United States, its soldiers, and relations with countries in the region will pay the price. Lives—and a war on terrorism in Afghanistan—could be lost.
The revelations of Manning’s openly pro-homosexual conduct suggest that a more liberal Department of Defense policy, in deference to the wishes of the Commander-in-Chief, had already been in effect and has now backfired in a big way. The result could be not only the loss of the lives of U.S. soldiers, as a result of the enemy understanding U.S. intelligence sources and methods, but damaged relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan and a possible U.S. military defeat in the region as a whole.
The obvious intention is to inflict a humiliating defeat on the U.S. military in Afghanistan, forcing a withdrawal of U.S. forces before the country is stabilized and free of terrorist activity.
The result could be the major reemergence of Al Qaeda and its Taliban backers in a position to strike the United States in a 9/11-type terror attack.
It will be interesting to see how the pro-homosexual U.S. media deal with the shocking revelations about Manning—and whether they investigate whether he was part of a secret homosexual network in the military that is currently working with WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, once part of a group called the “International Subversives.” Assange, a native of Australia with an anti-American and anti-military bent, has a criminal record for illegal computer hacking.
Assange released the documents in coordination with their publication and analysis by the British Guardian, the German Der Spiegel, and The New York Times.
Although in the military service, Manning had his own anti-military bent, based on his opposition to the defense policy of keeping open and active homosexuals out, and advertised his homosexuality on his Facebook page.
Gawker.com reports that “A screen capture of Manning’s Facebook profile shows the pages he liked were almost exclusively LGBT-related, including LGBT America, Gay Marriage, Equality Maryland, Dan Savage, Human Rights Campaign, etc.”
LGBT refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered.
The Facebook image also shows that he enjoyed the MSNBC program hosted by Rachel Maddow, the lesbian activist, and that he listed Media Matters and the National Center for Transgender Equality as being among his “likes and interests.” Media Matters is run by gay activist David Brock.
Manning’s favorite personalities included Barack and Michelle Obama and Barney Frank, the openly gay member of Congress from Massachusetts. He even listed Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who supports Obama’s repeal of the homosexual exclusion policy, as being among his favorite personalities.
Gawker cites evidence that Manning contacted well-knowntrans videoblogger ZJvia AOL Instant Messenger as far back as February 21, 2009, and said that he enjoyed the videos on the site. “He just said he enjoyed my videos,” ZJ said. “He told me that me and him were on the same page.”
ZJ is “Zinnia Jones” and the site is linked to a Facebook entry for “Queer and Queer-Supportive Atheists,” described as “A group for atheists and agnostics who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersex, or otherwise queer, as well as straight allies. We support LGBT rights and oppose the influence of religion in the government and the law.”
The dramatic revelations about Manning’s circle of friends and associates suggest that, rather than repeal the homosexual exclusion policy, as Obama is demanding, the prohibition on homosexuals should have been more strictly enforced and that it should be strengthened today. What’s more, it is clear that Manning should have been expelled from the Armed Forces long before he allegedly did his damage to U.S. national security.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, has said that “Releasing classified documents could put in jeopardy American lives,” but has supported repeal of the prohibition on open homosexuals serving in the military. Such a change would bring more people with sexual identity problems like Bradley Manning into the Armed Forces.
The repeal, however, has not passed both Houses of Congress and remains a contentious issue on Capitol Hill.
This is important because the Manning scandal provides ammunition to those who want to maintain the exclusion of homosexuals from the military. It proves in dramatic terms that homosexuals with gender identity disorders are potentially unstable and that their strange sexual preferences can subvert the military mission and cost lives.
However, a libertarian writer named Justin Raimondo on the website of antiwar.com is calling Manning an “American patriot” and “true soldier” for releasing thousands of classified documents. Raimondo, who is himself gay, suggests that supporters of Manning go to a “Help Bradley Manning” site.
But the revelations about Manning keep coming.
Another British publication, the Daily Mail, reports that a friend said Manning, who was born in the United States but raised in Britain, had been gay since the age of 13. The friend wondered why the U.S. Army “didn’t ask more questions when they recruited him.”
Is this more evidence that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” has been ignored and not enforced?
While the WikiLeaks scandal is the subject of numerous and continuing press reports, the Telegraph account of his “openly homosexual” conduct is the first to provide absolute proof that he was a gay activist who wanted to strike back against the U.S. military.
However, several weeks ago, on July 6, the Associated Press ran astory that hinted at the controversy. It reported that Manning’s Facebook page had included numerous gay references and quoted a friend of Manning as saying that in recent months he “seemed to have grown more aware of social issues, including the gay-rights movement.” Manning reportedly described himself as “nonreligious” and had custom-made military dog tags reading “humanist.”
Before this, on June 8, Shane Harris of the Washingtonian had quoted a friend as saying that Manning was going to be discharged from the Army because of “an adjustment disorder.” The publication said that questions were raised by some observers “about whether Manning could have been dismissed under the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, which forbids homosexuals from serving openly.”
This adds to the evidence that Manning’s actions were motivated by hatred of the U.S. military over its anti-gay policy.
Adding further intrigue, the website known as “Boing Boing” suggests that Manning was a transsexual undergoing a transition from male to female and notes that his friend, Adrian Lamo, was an active member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community. It cites evidence that Lamo had been appointed as a member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youth Task Force in San Francisco.
Commenting on transcripts of chats between Manning and Lamo, the website known as “QueerTV” said that Manning “might be one of us” and that the conversations “reveal the soldier might identify as transgender.”
Manning’s affinity on his Facebook page for “Repeal the Ban” is also significant. It is a project of a group called Servicemembers United, which describes itself as “the nation’s largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans, their allies and supporters.” The group receives financial support from the Open Society Institute of billionaire George Soros.
As the military and the FBI attempt to get to the bottom of what Manning allegedly did and for what reason, the need for an investigation of homosexual misconduct in the Armed Forces—before any change in policy is adopted by Congress—has been presented in dramatic fashion.
Good Grief!! I don't feel safe in my own country anymore with a president who promotes and rewards lifestyles that are openly against Christian beliefs, resulting in harm to normal citizens and our military.
I can only hope and pray that Alice's rabbit hole will collapse.
posted by: Mid
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 10:55 AM
I can't express my feelings any better than did Mid. I too am frightened by the actions of our "so called"
president and pray that impeachment will come soon.
posted by: Swamprat
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 11:06 AM
It WAS just a matter of time before this happened? Why do you think they have a policy against them anyway? They think, "I'm gay and I'm gonna get EVEN with the Army?" What more evidence do you need to convince you , they have NO bussiness in the service in the first place?
posted by: Steve Ford
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 11:12 AM
Sotomeyer and Kagan (sp?) are gay. So is Janet Napolitano.
posted by: A. J. Weberman
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of their country. These Democratic Despots that are afraid to stand up against this debauchery, in fact they support it have to be given the boot. Those of us who have the same belief and value system espoused by our founders, need stand together in a peacful revolution that will be taking place this November in our voting booths. I remember well people who didn't vote last election, or deliberatly spoiled their ballots in protest. I hope people realize this time, that actions such as this only hurt our goals. Every vote counts.
Another thing, we all know that Democrats don't play by the rules and will lie, cheat and steal elections anyway they can. So we have to urge our poll watchers to be our front lines against voter fraud, which is a standard operational procedure of the the Democrats. Give them our full support. The Minnesota Senators race was a good example. If our leaders would have fought tooth and nail til the bitter end, we probably would still have the Minnesota Senator in our camp. And in Missouri in a past election, the voting doors were kept open an additional two hours longer to make sure all "their" voters got to vote. The law of the land says the Electoral College is the final word to the results. If the Dems don't like it they just stamp their feet, scream and holler like children if it works against them. And we back down in too many cases. While the Court did set the Florida issue straight, for the next several years the children stamped their feet and shouted that we stole the election. After awhile people believe it. We have to fight back with the truth relentlessly, and can't let them off the hook. eg The guy who stole classified papers and snuck them out of the archives. The perp agreed to take a lie detector test, which would have exposed democratic chicanery of Clinton, but the Republicans left him off the hook. The Leadership has to stop playing the nice guy and come down hard on the guys. And fight tooth and nail to the bitter end.
posted by: Richard C Wagener
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 02:16 PM
Aaaaa--haaaaa.....now we know how they will be able to blame it all on GWB since he was in favor of continuing don't ask / don't tell which led to this guy/gal's frustration and so the poor gal / guy was left with no alternative. It wasn't really his / her fault, someone else was to blame. Now, who can we blame? Why shoot-dog-it, let's blame GWB-----again.
posted by: Marcusintexas
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 02:59 PM
If found guilty, Manning should be given a public hanging.
posted by: Barbara Shannon
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 04:50 PM
Just one more good reason to boot the queers out of the military.
posted by: Rachel
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 05:27 PM
Cliff and the rest of you are hopeless illogical. You've allowed your homophobia to take over your thinking.
First of all, as despicable as Manning is, the bigger culprit is Julian Asssange of Wikileaks and he is, presumably, heterosexual. Likewise, he has some 80 people around, most of whom are undoubtedly also heterosexual.
Second, the other bozos in this matter are the morons in the security apparatus of our government who gave this sicko a security clearance in the first place. And then did nothing to follow up on what was blatantly anti-American attitudes and undoubtedly anti-social.
There are millions of gay patriots in this country. I'm one of them. As far as I'm concerned, Manning should be shot as a traitor -- after due process, of course.
We should also request extradition of Assange or that he be charged by the Australian government.
Last, the morons who gave Manning his security clearance and failed to get him out when it was obvious to do so, should all be fired forthwith.
You got a problem with any of that?
posted by: Jarrow
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 07:24 PM
Asange should be sent to his maker and I don't mean his MaMa. The only redeaming quality I have found in Muslims is they remove the heads of homosexuals. They are an obamanation just like the garbage we have in Washington.
posted by: jim
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 08:54 AM
Asange should be sent to his maker and I don't mean his MaMa. The only redeaming quality I have found in Muslims is they remove the heads of homosexuals. They are an obamanation just like the garbage we have in Washington.
posted by: jim
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 08:56 AM
I'm with Jarrow on many points - and especially salute his patriotism. I also know many like him who are just as patriotic - and many have served and continue to serve in the military.
This Bradley Manning creep was really mixed up Big Time - he was possibly considering a gender-change operation and had lots of issues with that major "lifestyle" change!
But the worse part was his self-hatred and anger which he projected/directed at the US Military - and, in his passion for revenge, he endangered many American, Afghan and Nato lives. It's akin to those who had/have AIDS and, in their anger & desire for revenge, try to spread the fatal virus as widely as possible.
The way the DoD and the Obama Regime have been neglecting their duties in providing security to the nation and its citizens is totally unforgivable and unconscionable. This is the same mentality and "non" policy as the way they treated (or, more accurately, neglected) their duty vis-a-vis Dr. Hassan, the jihadist who murdered all those people at Ft. Hood - and still the DoD won't admit that Islam played any role in his "going postal!!"
I think that these are both cases of deliberate neglect and turning a blind eye to the abrogation of departmental rules & regs. There is NO PLACE for this abject neglect of duty and half-assed "don't ask, don't tell" on the part of those who are supposed to be in charge!!
posted by: Joy
Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 01:24 AM
