Before Bradley Manning

Bradley Manning has been found not guilty of aiding the enemy in his leak of classified military documents in 2010, though he was convicted on 19 other counts, including violation of the Espionage Act. Slightly built and 22 years old, U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning didn't seem the type to commit the biggest breach of military security in American history. But breach he did: Manning leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents and video from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars to WikiLeaks. His accusers cried treason; his champions credited him with exposing two wrongful wars and sparking the Arab Spring. Both sides of the story are told in Denver Nicks' new book, "Private: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History." It joins these other accounts of individuals who have stood up to the powers that be at great personal risk.