[HIB]Ex-Hacker Adrian Lamo Sets the Record Straight on Why He Turned in U.S. Military

Yesterday's story about U.S. Army Intelligence officer, SPC Bradley Manning's arrest received a lot of attention, which perhaps is not surprising. It had all the trappings of high drama -- a young military officer leaking confidential media onto the internet, computer crime, and national security.Immediately after writing the story, we contacted Adrian Lamo, the man who turned in Manning, to try to get his perspective on why Manning is in his current legal predicament and why he felt the need to turn him in. Lamo graciously responded and we conducted a phone interview, gaining a lot of insight along the way.Lamo, who currently works as a journalist and security expert, says that the situation was anything but ordinary. He states, "People confess federal crimes to me every day and I don't turn them in. But those cases didn't have this kind of national security risk."

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