Pfc. Bradley Manning’s direct supervisor warned not let Manning deploy. Opps
Investigators have concluded that Army commanders ignored advice not to send to Iraq an Army private who is now accused of downloading hundreds of thousands of sensitive reports and diplomatic cables that ended up on the WikiLeaks website in the largest single security breach in American history, McClatchy Newspapers has learned.
Pfc. Bradley Manning’s direct supervisor warned that Manning had thrown chairs at colleagues and shouted at higher-ranking soldiers in the year he was stationed at Fort Drum, N.Y., and advised that Manning shouldn’t be sent to Iraq, where his job would entail accessing classified documents through the Defense Department’s computer system.
But superior officers decided to ignore the advice because the unit was short of intelligence analysts and needed Manning’s skills, two military officials familiar with the investigation told McClatchy Newspapers.
The commanders hoped they could address Manning’s discipline problems in Iraq, the officials told McClatchy Newspapers, but then never properly monitored him. The result was a “comedy of errors” as one commander after another assumed someone else was addressing Manning’s problems, one official said. Both officials spoke anonymously because they weren’t authorized to discuss the investigation.
Investigators are now considering whether they should recommend disciplinary action against at least three officers in Manning’s chain of command. Investigators must submit their findings to Army Secretary John McHugh by Tuesday.
Army probe of Manning’s deployment
So much for the far right and their theory that Manning did this because he was he was gay and angry. Or whatever their bigotry was leading them to believe.
The article does go on to say how the Army is deploying soldiers regardless of any mental or physical problems they have. But don’t expect the far right Congress to push the Army to address and fix this dangerous problem that’s eating away at our military.