A Salute to Bradley Manning, Whistleblower, As We Hear His Words For The First Time

Today, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, an organization that I co-founded and of which Im on the board, has published an audio recording of Bradley Mannings speech to a military court from two weeks ago, in which he gives his reasons and motivations behind leaking over 700,000 government documents to WikiLeaks.

Whoever made this recording, and I dont know who the person is, has done the American public a great service. This marks the first time the American public can hear Bradley Manning, in his own voice explain what he did and how he did it.

After listening to this recording and reading his testimony, I believe Bradley Manning is the personification of the word whistleblower.