Ex-hacker turns in army specialist for leaking video to Wikileaks

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Specialist Bradley Manning was arrested for giving Wikileaks a video showing a military helicopter firing on civilians and killing two Reuters reporters. The specialist had struck up a friendship with an ex-hacker, who eventually turned him in for the leak. According to New York Times reporter, Elisabeth Bumiller interviewed the ex-hacker, who said the soldier was unhappy with the military and its policies Bumiller details the recent arrest and the relationship between the two men.

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