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Zeus posted...

It's no less a national security matter. And the information Manning revealed was mostly just damaging to American reputation

The wikileaks releases did not redact the names of personnel involved, and directly put a lot of people in danger that weren't even involved in the alleged war crimes. Including local informants, translators, etc... Exposing them to potential retaliation and attack by terrorists.
I mostly blame Assange for that, as a "journalist" and the one to publish the leaks, he should have known to do that, and is why he's the one major figure in these leaks that deserves no sympathy.
But Manning is partly responsible for that as well.