Daniel Ellsberg Sees Bradley Manning's Conviction As The BEGINNING OF THE POLICE STATE

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52. Can't have it both ways

A person states that the material released harmed Allies, and someone snidely asks why, because the government said so.
Then you quote a government official saying it did no harm. Which is it? What side of the Government's mouth are we listening to this week. Or is it just the ones that support what you like?

DOD policy is that once Manning views, accesses, or downloads any material from anywhere to his Classified computer all that info is automatically Classified. It could have been a Barney Video, it is then Classified Material and it does not take a rocket scientist to know that they were breaking their protocol and the law. One by compromising a Classified computer with Unauthorized information.
Secondly, just because someone has a certain level Security Clearance does not allow them to view what ever they want. It is always based on "need to know". That is taught day 1 in intel school which Manning was a graduate.

Lastly, the Apache Video Manning release was accessed from the Army JAG folder(not in his "need to know" purview) and was an ongoing investigation when he release this Classified information. Just because no one was immediately hurt does not also mitigate the possibility of future actions against people who helped or intel gained by the leaks.