README.txt

by Chelsea Manning

the classification system exists wholly in the interest of the U.S. government, so if it’s in the interest of public affairs to declassify something, we will. In other words, he seemed to say, the classification system doesn’t exist to keep secrets safe, it exists to control the media.

I put up a kitschy demotivational poster near my desk. People in my office loved it. IRAQ IS A TREADMILL, it said, overlaid on a map that showed all of Iraq as our brigade’s area of operation. RUNNING AS FAST AS YOU CAN, AS HARD AS YOU CAN, GOING NOWHERE.