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Adrian Lamo, Hacker Who Turned Bradley Manning In,
Testifies At Trial
It was Lamo, prosecutor Captain Joe Morrow
stated during the trial's opening statements on Monday, who brought
Manning to law enforcement's attention.
Did Lamo know, Coombs asked, that Manning was
young, well-intentioned, and idealistic? "That's correct ... from his
point of view ... yes I did," Lamo responded in turn.
"You saw a young 22-year-old with good
intentions," the same age as Lamo was when he committed his crimes?
"That was not lost on me," Lamo responded.
He said to you that he thought he would reach out
to somebody who would understand him? He told you about his life and his
upbringing? He told you that he was being kicked out of the military due to a gender
identity issue? That he had been questioning his gender for years? That he
believed he had made a huge mess? He confessed he was emotionally fractured?
Trying not to end up killing himself? He said he was feeling desperate and
isolated? He described himself as a broken soul? He said he was honestly
scared? He told you that he had nobody he could trust?
Question after question, Lamo said it was all true.
Had Manning "tried to investigate to find out
the truth?" Yes, Lamo answered. That was "something that I could
appreciate."
