Yea, let's see how much courage Manning displays when he gets to Levenworth. I have too much respect to GB to bring up what is going to happen to him, but you all can figure it out. Manning will be a quite little bug and jump and assume his place when spoken to.
During my career I delivered two prisoners there. Not a pleasent experience in it self. While you are sitting at a table completing the paperwork to make the transfeer. Guards come in and start the prisoners indoctrination. When those guards start yelling, screaming obsinities, and slamming their batons into the wall and the table in front of the prisoner, makes you want to get up and run. Sure is hard to consentrate on the paperwork. Lets you know you never want to be in that position yourself ever. I sent a Tech Sargent to deliver one guy there back in the mid 80s. This Tech Sgt had an attitude before I sent him, when he came back attitude was gone. In fact the experience was so tramatic for this Tech Sgt, I had to send him to counceling for months afterwards. It is something that Tech Sgt will never forget. Sure gave him a differant outlook on life.
OK, I don't know the classification of the material he released, that's not the issue. The thing is he used his Top Secret Clearance to gather this info and give it to someone not authorized to have it. His job was to protect that material from unauthorized sources. He deserves life in Ft Leavenworth.