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By now, the story is familiar: a troubled 22-year-old intelligence analyst, a private in the US Army becomes disillusioned with the mission in Iraq... gets demoted... and allegedly leaks over 250 thousand diplomatic cables to Wikileaks... Bradley Manning has spent 23 hours a day alone in a cell for most of the past year. Now he's in a medium security prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. THIS story is about Adrian Lamo, the hacker who turned Manning in to authorities. FRONTLINE producer Marcela Gaviria spoke with Lamo about the tortured weekend that led to Manning’s arrest.
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By now, the story is familiar: a troubled 22-year-old intelligence analyst, a private in the US Army becomes disillusioned with the mission in Iraq... gets demoted... and allegedly leaks over 250 thousand diplomatic cables to Wikileaks... Bradley Manning has spent 23 hours a day alone in a cell for most of the past year. Now he's in a medium security prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. THIS story is about Adrian Lamo, the hacker who turned Manning in to authorities. FRONTLINE producer Marcela Gaviria spoke with Lamo about the tortured weekend that led to Manning’s arrest.
Watch the companion video on PBS.org!
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:By now, the story is familiar: a troubled 22-year-old intelligence analyst, a private in the US Army becomes disillusioned with the mission in Iraq... gets demoted... and allegedly leaks over 250K diplomatic cables to Wikileaks... Bradley Manning has spent 23 hours a day alone in a cell for most of the past year. Now he's in a medium security prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. THIS story is about Adrian Lamo, the hacker who turned Manning into authorities. FRONTLINE producer Marcela Gaviria spoke with Lamo about the tortured weekend that led to Manning’s arrest.
OUTRO:For more on Adrian Lamo and the Wikileaks story, visit PBS DOT ORG slash FRONTLINE.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzz | Ben Allison | Buzz. | Palmetto | 2004 | 01:28 |
| Reversing | Four Tet | There is Love in You. | Domino | 2010 | 00:49 |
| The Diary of the Unforgotten | Hans Joachim Roedelius | Selbstportrait Vol.VI / The Diary Of The Unforgotten. | Bureau B | 2010 | 00:41 |
| The Diary of the Unforgotten | Hans Joachim Roedelius | Selbstportrait Vol.VI / The Diary Of The Unforgotten. | Bureau B | 2010 | 00:41 |
| Circling | Four Tet | There is Love in You. | Domino | 2010 | 00:54 |
| Call of the Wild | GusGus | Attention. | Moonshine Music | 01:17 | |
| Prehensile Dream | The Bad Plus | Suspicious Activity?. | Sony | 2005 | 00:36 |
| Respiration | Ben Allison | Buzz. | Palmetto | 2004 | 00:55 |
Additional Credits
Reporter: Marcela Gaviria
Producer: Lu Olkowski
Senior Producer: Arun Rath
Executive Producer: David Fanning
Mix Engineer: Dylan Keefe
Special thanks to Zachary Kussin
Development funding for FRONTLINE Radio provided by the Drane Family Fund
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