I will agree with most of the issues you talked about pertaining to Chelsea Manning. However, I have to disagree that he/she is a hero. Manning downloaded two hundred and fifty thousand diplomatic cables, five hundred thousand reports from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and countless other videos and files. He released them, unfiltered, to Wikileaks, which later published many of them online. Manning made no apparent effort to limit the release to avoid harm to his fellow soldiers or U.S. diplomatic relations. Manning should have remained in jail for treason, however, he should also receive psychological care for he/she is seriously confused.