Army Officials Felt Accused WikiLeaker Was Unfit To Serve

[Geee]

Fox News:

Army investigators have concluded Iraq war commanders in desperate need of intelligence analysts ignored recommendations from low-level military officials at Fort Drum who said Pfc. Bradley Manning -- the accused source of the WikiLeaks document scandal -- was not fit for deployment because of behavioral problems, a military official tells Fox News.

"There were people who said he shouldn't deploy," the official told Fox on the condition of anonymity. But because of the intense need for intelligence specialists, Manning was brought to Iraq anyway.

Manning would later be accused of committing the largest breach of secret information in U.S. history.

First reported by McClatchy newspapers, an internal Army probe found Manning had violent outbursts while at Fort Drum in New York that included throwing chairs at colleagues and shouting at superiors.

Once in Iraq, Manning's behavior deteriorated. Officials believe his outbursts were made worse by personal relationship problems. At one point he was demoted a rank after he got into a fight with a fellow soldier.

This official tells Fox the Army investigation focuses on three of Manning's superiors who may be held accountable for failing to properly respond to Manning's problems. Perhaps most importantly, the investigation finds that Manning's supervisors failed to secure the Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facility (SCIF) where Manning allegedly downloaded the files from classified military computers.

[Pepper]

Too bad they didn't screen the SOB out prior to enlistment.

[Sanguine]

Sounds like a number of people should have had the courage to do their jobs.