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> Arguably Manning did endanger the lives of U.S. service members

People said that about Snowden too, but because there was no evidence of this it's all just wild speculation.

If you don't think that Pakistani and Iranian intelligence did not pass along the lessons learned to insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan then I don't know what else to say other than this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance

Pure assumption based on speculation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_probability

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(law)

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