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Manning-Lamo Chat Logs Revealed

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Manning-Lamo Chat Logs Revealed A little more than a year ago, Wired.com published excerpts from instant messenger chats between accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning and Adrian Lamo, the ex-hacker in whom he confided and who reported him to the authorities. It’s now time to reveal the previously unpublished portions of these conversations.

Published reports from numerous news outlets over the last few months, most recently in New York magazine, have eroded our primary reasons for withholding the bulk of the chat logs, which Lamo provided to Wired.com. The most significant of the unpublished details have now been publicly established with sufficient authority that we no longer believe any purpose is served by withholding the logs.

When we broke the news of Manning ’s arrest in June 2010, we judged, after discussions with Manning’s friends and family, that the logs included sensitive personal information with no bearing on WikiLeaks, and it would serve no purpose to publish them. In coming to this position, we weighed Manning’s privacy interest against news value and relevance, a standard journalistic balancing test embodied in the ethics guidelines of the Society of Professional Journalists.

We also exercised what we felt was due caution to avoid inadvertently revealing sensitive military information in the midst of a complex, breaking news story. (We have been satisfied for some time that there is nothing of military importance in the unpublished logs.)

We stand by that decision and our reasoning, but we now believe that independent reporting elsewhere has tipped the scale in favor of publishing. By all evidence, Manning is a figure of historic importance. Inasmuch as the conversations shed light on the personal pressures in Manning’s life at the time of his arrest, publishing the logs serves a valid news interest, and at this point we believe it will cause little additional harm to Manning’s privacy.

Where indicated, we have chosen to redact certain names and identifying information to protect the privacy of some third-parties mentioned in the logs, and we’ve redacted one password. Otherwise, the full text of the logs we received from Adrian Lamo are published below.

Notes on the logs: The chats between Manning and Lamo begin May 21, 2010. As received by Wired.com, the logs contained time stamps but no dates, and were saved by Lamo in four unordered files (A fifth file recorded only an encryption handshaking error that was also logged in one of the other four). We’ve ordered the files ourselves based on the conversation flow and information from Lamo. Breaks between files are indicated by a horizontal rule. Portions of the logs previously published by Wired.com are underlined.

(1:40:51 PM) bradass87 has not been authenticated yet. You should authenticate this buddy.

(1:40:51 PM) Unverified conversation with bradass87 started.

(1:41:12 PM) bradass87: hi

(1:44:04 PM) bradass87: how are you?

(1:47:01 PM) bradass87: im an army intelligence analyst, deployed to eastern baghdad, pending discharge for “adjustment disorder” in lieu of “gender identity disorder”

(1:56:24 PM) bradass87: im sure you’re pretty busy…

(1:58:31 PM) bradass87: if you had unprecedented access to classified networks 14 hours a day 7 days a week for 8+ months, what would you do?

(1:58:31 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it <AUTO-REPLY>: Tired of being tired

(2:17:29 PM) bradass87: ?

(6:07:29 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : What’s your MOS?

(3:16:24 AM) bradass87: re: “What’s your MOS?” — Intelligence Analyst (35F)

(3:16:24 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it <AUTO-REPLY>: Tired of being tired


(10:13:20 AM) bradass87: The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, as you are not currently communicating privately.

(10:13:27 AM) Unverified conversation with bradass87 started.

(10:13:27 AM) bradass87: [resent] <HTML>ping

(10:13:50 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : hello

(10:13:57 AM) bradass87: re: “What’s your MOS?” — Intelligence Analyst (35F)

(10:14:08 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : *nod*

(10:14:27 AM) bradass87: anyway, how are you?

(10:14:28 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : my ex was 97B

(10:14:44 AM) bradass87: ick

(10:14:50 AM) bradass87: 35M now-a-days

(10:14:50 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : made for quiet dinner convo. neither of us talked about our days ;>

(10:15:29 AM) bradass87: so yeah

(10:15:41 AM) bradass87: im in a sticky situation…

(10:16:56 AM) bradass87: its nice to meet you btw… only starting to familiarize myself with whats available in open source

(10:17:45 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : open source or OSINT? ;P

(10:17:51 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Pleased to meet you.

(10:17:54 AM) bradass87: same deal

(10:19:00 AM) bradass87: im kind of coming out of a cocoon… its going to take some time, but i hopefully wont be a ghost anymore

(10:19:53 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : You mentioned gender identity, I believe.

(10:19:59 AM) bradass87: ive had an unusual, and very stressful experience over the last decade or so

(10:20:53 AM) bradass87: yes… questioned my gender for several years… sexual orientation was easy to figure out… but i started to come to terms with it during the first few months of my deployment

(10:21:09 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : May I ask the particulars?

(10:21:34 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I’m bi myself, and my ex is MTF.

(10:21:34 AM) bradass87: im fairly open… but careful, so yes..

(10:22:00 AM) bradass87: im aware of your bi part

(10:22:24 AM) bradass87: uhm, trying to keep a low profile for now though, just a warning

(10:23:34 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I’m a journalist and a minister. You can pick either, and treat this as a confession or an interview (never to be published) & enjoy a modicum of legal protection.

(10:24:07 AM) bradass87: assange level?

(10:25:12 AM) bradass87: or are you socially engineering ;P

(10:25:51 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : You must not have done your research :P

(10:25:57 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I could have flipped for the FBI.

(10:26:05 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Gotten a sweeter deal.

(10:26:10 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Before they fucked up.

(10:26:14 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : And I got one anyway.

(10:26:14 AM) bradass87: indeed

(10:26:16 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I held out.

(10:27:04 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I know what being in a little room having U.S. Code & its consequences explained to you by people who don’t smile is like.

(10:27:06 AM) bradass87: btw, reminds me… saw a USAF report mentioning something about an “Adrian Lamo” being in possession of French classified material

(10:27:57 AM) bradass87: it flips both ways unfortunately… Title 10, Section 654 of US Code

(10:28:06 AM) bradass87: (DADT)

(10:28:29 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Of course, you could be false flagging me. I say “Can I see it?” and bam, I’m a criminal.

(10:28:52 AM) bradass87: do they do that?

(10:29:10 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : You don’t know?

(10:29:33 AM) bradass87: no idea… FBI is the only beast i know nothing about

(10:29:43 AM) bradass87: i play with foreigners

(10:29:46 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : They have a grudge.

(10:30:09 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : They had to apologize for how they handled my case. In public.

(10:30:13 AM) bradass87: DoS, DoD, CIA, NSA, those are what i know

(10:30:15 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : To the press.

(10:30:25 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : They _hate_ that.

(10:30:32 AM) bradass87: PR games

(10:30:57 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : My file runs 3000 pages. I don’t know how typical that is.

(10:31:07 AM) bradass87: very atypical

(10:31:16 AM) bradass87: im sorry i dont have access to LES material

(10:31:29 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I wouldn’t ask you to use such access.

(10:31:40 AM) bradass87: i know, i’d offer it

(10:31:53 AM) bradass87: hold on

(10:33:28 AM) bradass87: this is what i do for friends: https://bit.ly/aLoqUi

(10:35:14 AM) bradass87: [the one below it is mine too]

(10:35:30 AM) bradass87: >sigh<

(10:36:46 AM) bradass87: living such an opaque life, has forced me never to take transparency, openness, and honesty for granted

(10:37:31 AM) bradass87: so…

(10:38:37 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I’ve been a friend to Wikileaks – I’ve repeatedly asked people who download Hackers Wanted to donate.

(10:38:44 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : And donated myself.

(10:38:49 AM) bradass87: i know

(10:38:59 AM) bradass87: actually how i noticed you

(10:39:20 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Whether I’ve given material, isn’t material. Semi-pun intended.

(10:39:28 AM) bradass87: during my usual open source collection [twitter, news.google.com, etc.]

(10:40:08 AM) bradass87: >nod<

(10:40:51 AM) bradass87: they’ve got a lot of ammunition, its the support they need from the public in publishing the material coming through soon

(10:41:42 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : In general terms, have you seen my name anywhere else I’m not aware of? I specify no particular venue.

(10:41:59 AM) bradass87: not really…

(10:42:55 AM) bradass87: uhm OGA networks have you at 7 results, all OSINT copy/pastes… not connected to Law Enforcement stuff

(10:44:10 AM) bradass87: 1 mention of your name with the french classified material… but it was from a product that is over-written daily… since the producer doesn’t archive, couldn’t access the full bit

(10:45:13 AM) bradass87: im sorry, if seem kind of creepy

(10:45:18 AM) bradass87: s/if/if i

(10:45:32 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : You don’t know how creepy my contacts get.

(10:45:49 AM) bradass87: how does this one rate ?

(10:46:10 AM) bradass87: quantitively… 1-10 scale perhaps?

(10:47:16 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : 7ish. 1/1 on reliability/quality of data based on statements made. Even odds on being a false flag.

(10:47:20 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Nothing personal.

(10:47:57 AM) bradass87: its ok

(10:48:00 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : This is dangerous. I’ve learned my lessons in tightropes.

(10:48:05 AM) bradass87: i’ve got time

(10:48:43 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Would you know if a specific person had authored a report/paper?

(10:49:23 AM) bradass87: not really…

(10:49:42 AM) bradass87: bureaucrats usually aren’t that intelligent i find

(10:49:54 AM) bradass87: [re: false flag]

(10:50:03 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Webster, Timothy D.

(10:51:05 AM) bradass87: who’s that?

(10:51:21 AM) bradass87: he’s an author obviously

(10:51:28 AM) bradass87: Sex and Intimacy [goog]

(10:51:59 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : SA with NGA (former)

(10:52:18 AM) bradass87: squints

(10:52:22 AM) bradass87: >shiver<

(10:53:01 AM) bradass87: squints creep me out

(10:53:06 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Specialty FCI in cyber-areas.

(10:53:53 AM) bradass87: no idea…

(10:54:45 AM) bradass87: im not really sure where this is going… apart from awkward weirdness

(10:55:31 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I apologize if I’ve made you feel awkward.

(10:55:37 AM) bradass87: no, its me

(10:55:54 AM) bradass87: i said too much too fast

(10:55:59 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : He wrote a paper a while back, I was curious how it had been received by the IC.

(10:56:36 AM) bradass87: i guess i can find out, though im restricted to SIPR now, because of the discharge proceedings

(10:58:10 AM) bradass87: am i coming off too quick? ive closed myself off for awhile… so

(10:58:41 AM) bradass87: i thought i’d reach out to someone who would possibly understand…

(10:59:07 AM) bradass87: <– [this person is kind of fragile]

(10:59:29 AM) bradass87: :’(

(11:00:53 AM) bradass87: anyway, i’m going to go to the PX for a minute… i’ll be back in about 30-40 min?

(11:01:39 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i’ll be around

(11:01:43 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i usually am

(11:01:44 AM) bradass87: k

(11:01:47 AM) bradass87: ttyl

(11:01:48 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : around and understanding both

(11:02:17 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : be well, and stay out of trouble

(11:22:11 AM) bradass87: wow, that was quick

(11:22:50 AM) bradass87: uhm… anyway… i guess i can talk a little bit about myself… i mean, i’ve really got nothing to lose [i know, sounds desperate]

(11:23:19 AM) bradass87: i was born in central oklahoma, grew up in a small town called crescent, just north of oklahoma city

(11:23:59 AM) bradass87: dad was a manager of computer programmers at hertz corporation, doing legacy maint., etc

(11:24:41 AM) bradass87: mother was british (specifically welsh), married father while he was stationed at an air force base in southwest wales

(11:25:18 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I’m of Scottish & Welsh descent.

(11:25:22 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : On one side.

(11:27:18 AM) bradass87: i was a short (still am), very intelligent (could read at 3 and multiply / divide by 4), very effeminate, and glued to a computer screen at these young ages [MSDOS / Windows 3.1 timeframe]… i played SimCity [the original] obsessively

(11:27:40 AM) bradass87: an easy target by kindergarten…

(11:28:07 AM) bradass87: grew up in a highly evangelical town with more church pews than people

(11:28:48 AM) bradass87: so, i got pretty messed up at school… “girly boy” “teacher’s pet”, etc

(11:29:57 AM) bradass87: home was the same, alcoholic father and mother… mother was very nice, but very needy emotionally… father was very wealthy (lots of nice toys / computer stuff), but abusive

(11:31:07 AM) bradass87: my favorite things growing up were reading my encyclopaedia, watching PBS (the only channel i could get on my TV) building with lego, and playing on my dad’s hand-me-down computers

(11:31:42 AM) bradass87: i lived in the middle of nowhere, so i had no neighbors to hang out with… and my dad would never take me anyway, because after work he’d hit the bottle

(11:32:58 AM) bradass87: i was a science fair buff… won grand prize in my town 3 years in a row… and played on the “academic bowl team” as team leader (which meant state championship!)

(11:33:46 AM) bradass87: i didnt like getting beat up or called gay [didn't really know what gay meant, but knew it was something bad]

(11:34:06 AM) bradass87: so i joined sports teams, and started becoming an athlete

(11:34:19 AM) bradass87: around this time (middle school)… my parents divorced

(11:36:34 AM) bradass87: my father in a drunken stupor got angry with me because i was doing some noisy homework while he was watching TV… he went into his bedroom, pulled out a shotgun, and chased me out of the house… the door was deadbolted, so i couldn’t get out before he caught up with me… so my mother (also wasted) threw a lamp over his head… and i proceeded to fight him, breaking his nose, and made it out of the house… my father let off one or two shots, causing damage, but injuring nobody, except for the belt lashing i got for “making him shoot up the house”

(11:36:59 AM) bradass87: i went to school the next day, and my teachers noticed the wounds, and got social workers involved

(11:37:11 AM) bradass87: he immediately stopped drinking, and my mother filed for divorce

(11:37:29 AM) bradass87: after the divorce, my mother attempted suicide…

(11:38:23 AM) bradass87: after taking care of her for awhile, and gaining custody of me, my mother took me to her hometown, haverfordwest, wales… to live and go to school

(11:38:49 AM) bradass87: i spent four years in the UK, continuing my education

(11:39:13 AM) bradass87: i also started playing around more and more with computers, specificially webservers

(11:39:54 AM) bradass87: to try and mitigate various financial problems while going to school, i got the idea with a rather sly friend to form an internet startup…

(11:40:25 AM) bradass87: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.angeldyne.com <- archive

(11:40:57 AM) bradass87: we fell out over various issues… and the project was ended, luckily without any losses

(11:41:57 AM) bradass87: i learned a lot about running LAMP servers… sql jazz, routing, as well as the business stuff, PR etc…

(11:42:24 AM) bradass87: after that fell through, my education started to slip behind… as my mother started getting very ill

(11:42:43 AM) bradass87: she had a minor stroke… then a mild one… and i was getting desperate

(11:43:02 AM) bradass87: so i called my father, and begged him to live in the US again

(11:43:19 AM) bradass87: my passport had expired though… so i had to travel overnight to london

(11:44:11 AM) bradass87: i stayed at a hostel in the kings cross area overnight, and left to go to hyde park [where all the embassies are]

(11:45:13 AM) bradass87: what really sucked though, was that as i entered the station… all hell started breaking loose… there was a horrific boom, screaming, sirens, and thick black smoke… it was july 7th 2005…

(11:45:39 AM) bradass87: i panicked and went by foot, not knowing what was going on

(11:45:47 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : sorry for latency … things demanding my attention are exceeding my capacity to allocate resources, forcing me to double-book mentally, and that only scales so far.

(11:46:04 AM) bradass87: its ok, im just venting a lot

(11:47:28 AM) bradass87: im very isolated atm… lost all of my emotional support channels… family, boyfriend, trusting colleagues… im a mess

(11:49:02 AM) bradass87: im in the desert, with a bunch of hyper-masculine trigger happy ignorant rednecks as neighbors… and the only safe place i seem to have is this satellite internet connection

(11:49:51 AM) bradass87: and i already got myself into minor trouble, revealing my uncertainty over my gender identity… which is causing me to lose this job… and putting me in an awkward limbo

(11:50:54 AM) bradass87: i wish it were as simple as “hey, go transition”… but i need to get paperwork sorted… financial stuff sorted… legal stuff… and im still deployed, so i have to redeploy back to the US and be outprocessed

(11:52:09 AM) bradass87: i could be hanging out here in limbo as a super-intelligent, awkwardly effeminate supply guy [pick up these boxes and move them] for up to two months

(11:52:23 AM) bradass87: at the very least, i managed to keep my security clearance [so far]

(11:57:49 AM) bradass87: im sorry, im a total mess right now… :’(

(11:58:33 AM) bradass87: and little does anyone know, but among this “visible” mess, theres the mess i created that no-one knows about yet

(11:58:59 AM) bradass87: i have no idea what im doing right now

(12:00:34 PM) bradass87: im so sorry

(12:04:36 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : don’t be sorry, just give me a chance to read :P

(12:06:18 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : how did this not come up as an issue in your background check? I’m guessing you have an S and not a TS.

(12:06:29 PM) bradass87: TS/SCI

(12:06:47 PM) bradass87: i enlisted in 2007… height of iraq war, no-one double checked much

(12:07:06 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Well, hell, if you made it in, maybe I should reconsider the offer I got from what used to be JTF-CNO.

(12:07:09 PM) bradass87: background checks are jokes anyway

(12:07:23 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : It’s hit-or-miss.

(12:08:04 PM) bradass87: JTF-CNO wouldn’t have been worth it

(12:10:21 PM) bradass87: they are a mess, and wholly dependent on frivolous network security contracts and physically securing networks

(12:10:58 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I doubt they’d hire me to dick around with that.

(12:11:03 PM) bradass87: i’ve been penetrating *.smil.mil networks for over a year

(12:11:21 PM) bradass87: as well as *.sgov.gov

(12:11:49 PM) bradass87: ive created a massive mess

(12:12:30 PM) bradass87: and no-one has a clue, because 95% of efforts are on physical security of classified networks… and managing OPSEC on unclassified networks

(12:12:46 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Want to go to the press? :)

(12:12:51 PM) bradass87: no

(12:12:59 PM) bradass87: theres an issue with that

(12:13:01 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : open offer.

(12:15:11 PM) bradass87: hypothetical question: if you had free reign over classified networks for long periods of time… say, 8-9 months… and you saw incredible things, awful things… things that belonged in the public domain, and not on some server stored in a dark room in Washington DC… what would you do?

(12:16:38 PM) bradass87: or Guantanamo, Bagram, Bucca, Taji, VBC for that matter…

(12:17:47 PM) bradass87: things that would have an impact on 6.7 billion people

(12:21:24 PM) bradass87: say… a database of half a million events during the iraq war… from 2004 to 2009… with reports, date time groups, lat-lon locations, casualty figures… ? or 260,000 state department cables from embassies and consulates all over the world, explaining how the first world exploits the third, in detail, from an internal perspective?

(12:22:49 PM) bradass87: the air-gap has been penetrated… =L

(12:23:19 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : how so?

(12:26:09 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : yt?

(12:26:09 PM) bradass87: lets just say *someone* i know intimately well, has been penetrating US classified networks, mining data like the ones described… and been transferring that data from the classified networks over the “air gap” onto a commercial network computer… sorting the data, compressing it, encrypting it, and uploading it to a crazy white haired aussie who can’t seem to stay in one country very long =L

(12:27:13 PM) bradass87: im here

(12:27:24 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Depends. What are the particulars?

(12:28:19 PM) bradass87: theres substantial lag i think

(12:29:52 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I don’t understand.

(12:30:13 PM) bradass87: what was the last message you recieved?

(12:30:47 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : (12:28:19 PM) bradass87: theres substantial lag i think

(12:30:56 PM) bradass87: before that

(12:31:09 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : (12:26:09 PM) bradass87: lets just say *someone* i know intimately well, has been penetrating US classified networks, mining data like the ones described… and been transferring that data from the classified networks over the “air gap” onto a commercial network computer… sorting the data, compressing it, encrypting it, and uploading it to a crazy white haired aussie who can’t seem to stay in one country very long =L

(12:27:13 PM) bradass87: im here

(12:27:24 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Depends. What are the particulars?

(12:31:43 PM) bradass87: crazy white haired dude = Julian Assange

(12:33:05 PM) bradass87: in other words… ive made a huge mess :’(

(12:35:17 PM) bradass87: im sorry… im just emotionally fractured

(12:39:12 PM) bradass87: im a total mess

(12:41:54 PM) bradass87:i think im in more potential heat than you ever were

(12:41:54 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it <AUTO-REPLY>: I have more messages than resources allocatable to action them. Please be very patient.

(12:45:59 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : not mandatorily

(12:46:08 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : there are always outs

(12:46:17 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : how long have you helped WIkileaks?

(12:49:09 PM) bradass87: since they released the 9/11 “pager messages”

(12:49:38 PM) bradass87:i immediately recognized that they were from an NSA database, and i felt comfortable enough to come forward

(12:50:20 PM) bradass87: so… right after thanksgiving timeframe of 2009

(12:52:33 PM) bradass87:Hilary Clinton, and several thousand diplomats around the world are going to have a heart attack when they wake up one morning, and finds an entire repository of classified foreign policy is available, in searchable format to the public… =L

(12:53:41 PM) bradass87: s/Hilary/Hillary

(12:54:47 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : What sort of content?

(12:56:36 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : brb cigarette

(12:56:43 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : keep typing <3

(12:59:41 PM) bradass87: uhm… crazy, almost criminal political backdealings… the non-PR-versions of world events and crises… uhm… all kinds of stuff like everything from the buildup to the Iraq War during Powell, to what the actual content of “aid packages” is: for instance, PR that the US is sending aid to pakistan includes funding for water/food/clothing… that much is true, it includes that, but the other 85% of it is for F-16 fighters and munitions to aid in the Afghanistan effort, so the US can call in Pakistanis to do aerial bombing instead of americans potentially killing civilians and creating a PR crisis

(1:00:57 PM) bradass87: theres so much… it affects everybody on earth… everywhere there’s a US post… there’s a diplomatic scandal that will be revealed… Iceland, the Vatican, Spain, Brazil, Madascar, if its a country, and its recognized by the US as a country, its got dirt on it

(1:01:27 PM) bradass87: i need one myself

(1:10:38 PM) bradass87:its open diplomacy… world-wide anarchy in CSV format… its Climategate with a global scope, and breathtaking depth… its beautiful, and horrifying…

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(1:11:54 PM) bradass87: and… its important that it gets out… i feel, for some bizarre reason

(1:12:02 PM) bradass87: it might actually change something

(1:13:10 PM) bradass87: i just… dont wish to be a part of it… at least not now… im not ready… i wouldn’t mind going to prison for the rest of my life, or being executed so much, if it wasn’t for the possibility of having pictures of me… plastered all over the world press… as boy…

(1:14:11 PM) bradass87: i’ve totally lost my mind… i make no sense… the CPU is not made for this motherboard…

(1:14:42 PM) bradass87: s/as boy/as a boy

(1:30:32 PM) bradass87: >sigh<

(1:31:40 PM) bradass87: i just wanted enough time to figure myself out… to be myself… and be running around all the time, trying to meet someone else’s expectations

(1:32:01 PM) bradass87: *and not be

(1:33:03 PM) bradass87: im just kind of drifting now…

(1:34:11 PM) bradass87: waiting to redeploy to the US, be discharged… and figure out how on earth im going to transition

(1:34:45 PM) bradass87: all while witnessing the world freak out as its most intimate secrets are revealed

(1:35:06 PM) bradass87: its such an awkward place to be in, emotionally and psychologically

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(1:39:03 PM) bradass87: i cant believe what im confessing to you :’(

(1:40:20 PM) bradass87: ive been so isolated so long… i just wanted to be nice, and live a normal life… but events kept forcing me to figure out ways to survive… smart enough to know whats going on, but helpless to do anything… no-one took any notice of me

(1:40:43 PM) bradass87: :’(

(1:43:51 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : back

(1:43:59 PM) bradass87: im self medicating like crazy when im not toiling in the supply office (my new location, since im being discharged, im not offically intel anymore)

(1:44:11 PM) bradass87: you missed a lot…

(1:45:00 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : what kind of scandal?

(1:45:16 PM) bradass87: hundreds of them

(1:45:40 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : like what? I’m genuinely curious about details.

(1:46:01 PM) bradass87: i dont know… theres so many… i dont have the original material anymore

(1:46:18 PM) bradass87: uhmm… the Holy See and its position on the Vatican sex scandals

(1:46:26 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : play it by ear

(1:46:29 PM) bradass87: the broiling one in Germany

(1:47:36 PM) bradass87: im sorry, there’s so many… its impossible for any one human to read all quarter-million… and not feel overwhelmed… and possibly desensitized

(1:48:20 PM) bradass87: the scope is so broad… and yet the depth so rich

(1:48:50 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : give me some bona fides … yanno? any specifics.

(1:49:40 PM) bradass87: this one was a test: Classified cable from US Embassy Reykjavik on Icesave dated 13 Jan 2010

(1:50:30 PM) bradass87: the result of that one was that the icelandic ambassador to the US was recalled, and fired

(1:51:02 PM) bradass87: thats just one cable…

(1:51:14 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Anything unreleased?

(1:51:25 PM) bradass87: i’d have to ask assange

(1:51:53 PM) bradass87: i zerofilled the original

(1:51:54 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : why do you answer to him?

(1:52:29 PM) bradass87: i dont… i just want the material out there… i dont want to be a part of it

(1:52:54 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i’ve been considering helping wikileaks with opsec

(1:53:13 PM) bradass87: they have decent opsec… im obviously violating it

(1:53:34 PM) bradass87: im a wreck

(1:53:47 PM) bradass87: im a total fucking wreck right now

(1:54:04 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : not really. 2600 is an ally of wikileaks.

(1:54:10 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : how old are you?

(1:54:15 PM) bradass87: 22

(1:54:55 PM) bradass87: but im not a source for you… im talking to you as someone who needs moral and emotional fucking support

(1:55:02 PM) bradass87: :’(

(1:55:10 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i told you, none of this is for print

(1:55:16 PM) bradass87: ok, ok

(1:55:19 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i want to know who i’m supporting

(1:55:25 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : no names as yet

(1:55:26 PM) bradass87: im flipping out…

(1:55:32 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : security.

(1:55:43 PM) bradass87: huh?

(1:55:51 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : re. no names as yet.

(1:55:56 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : except brad, i assume.

(1:56:23 PM) bradass87: ive already sent you full name in emails…

(1:56:43 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : oh! you’re the PGP guy

(1:56:52 PM) bradass87: yeah, im sorry

(1:56:57 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i’m an idiot

(1:57:33 PM) bradass87: im pretty reckless at this point

(1:57:53 PM) bradass87: but im trying not to end up with 5.56mm rounds in my forehead…

(1:58:38 PM) bradass87: that i fired..

(2:00:18 PM) bradass87: im not lying when i say im totally out of it right now

(2:01:02 PM) bradass87: ok, so… im not suicidal quite yet…

(2:01:14 PM) bradass87: but im pretty desperate for some non-isolation

(2:02:34 PM) bradass87: idk anymore

(2:04:29 PM) bradass87: im a source, not quite a volunteer

(2:05:38 PM) bradass87: i mean, im a high profile source… and i’ve developed a relationship with assange… but i dont know much more than what he tells me, which is very little

(2:05:58 PM) bradass87: it took me four months to confirm that the person i was communicating was in fact assange

(2:10:01 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : how’d you do that?

(2:12:45 PM) bradass87: I gathered more info when i questioned him whenever he was being tailed in Sweden by State Department officials… i was trying to figure out who was following him… and why… and he was telling me stories of other times he’s been followed… and they matched up with the ones he’s said publicly

(2:14:28 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : did that bear out? the surveillance?

(2:14:46 PM) bradass87: based on the description he gave me, I assessed it was the Northern Europe Diplomatic Security Team… trying to figure out how he got the Reykjavik cable…

(2:15:57 PM) bradass87: they also caught wind that he had a video… of the Gharani airstrike in afghanistan, which he has, but hasn’t decrypted yet… the production team was actually working on the Baghdad strike though, which was never really encrypted

(2:16:22 PM) bradass87: he’s got the whole 15-6 for that incident… so it wont just be video with no context

(2:16:55 PM) bradass87: but its not nearly as damning… it was an awful incident, but nothing like the baghdad one

(2:17:59 PM) bradass87: the investigating officers left the material unprotected, sitting in a directory on a centcom.smil.mil

(2:18:03 PM) bradass87: server

(2:18:56 PM) bradass87: but they did zip up the files, aes-256, with an excellent password… so afaik it hasn’t been broken yet

(2:19:12 PM) bradass87: 14+ chars…

(2:19:37 PM) bradass87: i can’t believe what im telling you =L

(2:19:50 PM) bradass87: ive had too many chinks in my armor :’(

(2:20:52 PM) bradass87: im a broken soul =L

(2:21:22 PM) bradass87: i need to go eat, ill brb

(2:21:26 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : *hug*

(2:21:39 PM) bradass87: thank you :’( it means a lot

(2:54:21 PM) bradass87: im sorry

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(2:55:00 PM) bradass87: im just… ugh

(2:56:34 PM) bradass87: my family is non-supportive… my boyfriend ditched me without telling me… im losing my job… losing my career options… i dont have much more except for this laptop, some books, and a hell of a story

(2:57:25 PM) bradass87: …im honestly, scared

(2:57:32 PM) bradass87: and i have no-one i trust

(2:58:21 PM) bradass87: i need a lot of help…

(2:58:48 PM) bradass87: i dont know if i can rebuild from here…

(3:00:43 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : you can always rebuild.

(3:01:03 PM) bradass87: yes, but i cant KEEP rebuilding all the damn time… im exhausted

(3:01:26 PM) bradass87: i didnt get into my bout with homelessness across the country in ‘06

(3:01:45 PM) bradass87: i drifted from oklahoma city, to tulsa, to chicago, and finally landed at my aunt’s house in DC

(3:02:29 PM) bradass87: im exhausted… in desperation to get somewhere in life… i joined the army… and that’s proven to be a disaster now

(3:02:49 PM) bradass87: i’ve done a lot of random stuff, that no-one knows about…

(3:03:09 PM) bradass87: its just such a disconnect between myself, and what i know… and what people see

(3:04:57 PM) bradass87: and now i’m quite possibly on the verge of being the most notorious “hacktivist” or whatever you want to call it… its all a big mess i’ve created… im sorry, adrian…

(3:05:51 PM) bradass87: im pouring my heart out to someone i’ve never met, and i dont exactly have a lot of proof of anything

(3:05:59 PM) bradass87: im shattered

(3:06:47 PM) bradass87: im so exhausted :’(

(3:07:10 PM) bradass87: im a real downer…

(3:11:13 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : no apologies needed

(3:12:00 PM) bradass87: >gulp<

(3:12:34 PM) bradass87: i wish i could explain the pain

(3:12:39 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : are you on Facebook?

(3:12:56 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : As an aside, are you concerned about prosecution?

(3:13:02 PM) bradass87: sort of… you cant find me

(3:13:15 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Your MICE seems to be ideology.

(3:14:37 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : I can’t find a SPC in 2BCT 10MTN S2?

(3:15:14 PM) bradass87: AKO?

(3:15:39 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Nope.

(3:16:06 PM) bradass87: https://www.us.army.mil/ login: first.last

(3:16:45 PM) bradass87: pass: [redacted] [no spaces]

(3:17:06 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : wanna sponsor me for an AKO account? I used to have one ;>

(3:17:14 PM) bradass87: sure

(3:17:32 PM) bradass87: use mine, its not really of any use to me right now

(3:17:47 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : negatory

(3:17:48 PM) bradass87: sorry “! @ #”

(3:18:05 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i just wanted This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it back

(3:18:24 PM) bradass87: ok

(3:18:59 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : remember, finding stuff is what I do. and curiosity is my game.

(3:19:08 PM) bradass87: i know

(3:19:23 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : including your personal ad from 3 years ago.

(3:19:32 PM) bradass87: which one?

(3:19:50 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i closed the window; it wasn’t relevant

(3:20:13 PM) bradass87: oh… via bradass87… i dont know how that one got set up…

(3:20:14 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : sadly, it lacked a photo

(3:20:33 PM) bradass87: its from some kind of weird fetish site…

(3:20:37 PM) bradass87: they wouldn’t let me delete it

(3:21:07 PM) bradass87: im pretty ghostly… interwebbies-wise

(3:21:43 PM) bradass87: is there a public facebook i can add you from?

(3:22:59 PM) bradass87: wow, xanga… didnt know i had a xanga account

(3:23:15 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : what do you mean re. facebook

(3:24:06 PM) bradass87: mine is not public… you must be a friend to see it… or a friend of a friend to even know it exists

(3:24:23 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : facebook.com/felon

(3:24:54 PM) bradass87: requested

(3:25:41 PM) bradass87: god that pacman thing is starting to get annoying

(3:26:14 PM) bradass87: enjoyed it at first, but now everytime i open a new browser window… whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo

(3:26:53 PM) bradass87: let me make more info available to you

(3:27:00 PM) bradass87: hold on, need change my privacy settings

(3:28:10 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : you’re kinda cute.

(3:28:44 PM) bradass87: refresh, you should be able to see more… check to see if you can see more photo albums

(3:29:33 PM) bradass87: https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs024.snc3/11156_220539393205_642858205_4368726_2680909_n.jpg
Manning-Lamo Chat Logs Revealed
(3:29:46 PM) bradass87: one of the few times you will ever see the inside of a SCIF

(3:30:09 PM) bradass87: the map in the background is classified SECRET//REL TO USA, MCFI

(3:31:11 PM) bradass87: behind the cabinet, with the blue bucket on top… is the entrance to the SIGINT section

(3:31:42 PM) bradass87: is where they process all the recorded phone data from towers in all of eastern baghdad

(3:32:27 PM) bradass87: interrogator chick on top right corner

(3:33:04 PM) bradass87: you can see me slowly descending spiritually in the wall posts

(3:35:09 PM) bradass87: i cant really seem to define my ideology

(3:36:07 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : You already have my most permissive privacy settings.

(3:36:26 PM) bradass87: you can see all of my albums?

(3:38:39 PM) bradass87: we have two mutual friends, how interesting

(3:40:08 PM) bradass87: small world

(3:41:39 PM) bradass87: >sigh<

(3:41:51 PM) bradass87: lauren your “ex” ?

(3:42:15 PM) bradass87: tyler watkins would be mine… fucking ditched me

(3:42:30 PM) bradass87: im still utterly flabberghasted

(3:43:13 PM) bradass87: i dont know… i cant seem to hold a relationship… i’ve got so much baggage

(3:45:04 PM) bradass87: im all mixed up

(3:46:14 PM) bradass87: lost a lot… in a short period of time

(3:48:20 PM) bradass87: im a mess, huh

(3:49:41 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i’m familiar with loss

(3:49:52 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : lauren’s in AZ

(3:50:36 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : was that a yay or nay on the AKO sponsorship, or does your acc’t have that ability?

(3:51:31 PM) bradass87: cant seem to do it without confirmation of spouse anymore… seems to be no way around it… also, you’d be booted out by the time i get discharged

(3:55:06 PM) bradass87: i dont know how im going to break the news to everyone…

(3:56:16 PM) bradass87: how would you rate the ethics of my situation?

(4:03:06 PM) bradass87: ugh, im a mess

(4:07:14 PM) bradass87: what ideology do i seem to be following?

(4:16:28 PM) bradass87: :sigh:

(4:16:34 PM) bradass87: *sigh*

(4:28:34 PM) bradass87: i’ll work on the ako tomorrow… its getting awfully late… need sleep

(4:54:44 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : sorry … i’m just swamped today. i’ll be more talkative in the future.

(4:55:16 PM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : keep your chin up. for me. *re-hug*


(7:18:03 AM) bradass87: The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, as you are not currently communicating privately.

(7:19:05 AM) Unverified conversation with bradass87 started.

(7:19:12 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : hey you

(7:19:19 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : resend?

(7:19:19 AM) bradass87: whats up?

(7:19:29 AM) bradass87: i just said hello

(7:19:46 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : waking up. got up about an hour ago, 0615.

(7:20:10 AM) bradass87: heh, the evening is still young here

(7:20:26 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : how’re you feeling today?

(7:20:37 AM) bradass87: im feeling a little better…

(7:20:52 AM) bradass87: i had a lot on my mind, keeping to myself

(7:22:18 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : anything new & exciting?

(7:24:21 AM) bradass87: no, was outside in the sun all day… 110 degrees F, doing various details for a visiting band and some college team’s cheerleaders…

(7:24:43 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : cheerleaders.

(7:24:46 AM) bradass87: ran a barbecue… but no-one showed up… threw a lot of food away

(7:25:20 AM) bradass87: yes, football cheerleaders… visiting on off season… apart of Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) projects

(7:25:39 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : *sigh*

(7:26:01 AM) bradass87: >shrug<

(7:26:37 AM) bradass87: im sunburned… and smell like charcoal, sweat, and sunscreen… thats about all thats new

(7:26:47 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Is there a Baghdad 2600 meeting? ;>

(7:28:04 AM) bradass87: there’s only one other person im aware of that actually knows anything about computer security… he’s a SIGINT analyst, of course

(7:28:41 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : Is he the other one who pokes around t he network?

(7:29:26 AM) bradass87: no… afaik, he doesn’t play around with classified networks… but im sure he’s capable

(7:30:09 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : then it stands to reason that you have at least 3 people who have some infosec knowledge

(7:31:15 AM) bradass87: im not quite sure what you’re saying

(7:31:23 AM) bradass87: infosec knowledge of what?

(7:31:29 AM) bradass87: the networks?

(7:32:13 AM) bradass87: i know a lot of computer security people

(7:32:44 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i mean, in a way that would lend itself to a meeting.

(7:33:33 AM) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : i’

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