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August 6, 2013

U.S. Official Claims Manning Leaks Had "Chilling Effect," Admits No Assessment Conducted 
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The sentencing hearing for U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning
continued Monday with testimony from a top State Department official.
Patrick Kennedy, under secretary of state for management, claimed
Manning's leak of diplomatic cables to Wiki Leaks has had a "chilling
effect" on U.S. diplomacy by making foreign officials less forthcoming
in private talks. He said, "It's impossible to know what someone is not
sharing with you — and this is, in itself, I believe, a risk to
the national security." But Kennedy acknowledged the State Department
never completed a damage assessment for the leaks.

 

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