(Bradley Manning. Image: http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/leaked-audio-of-bradley-mannin.html)

The full audio recording of Bradley Manning’s speech to the military court in Ft. Meade about his motivations for leaking over 700,000 government documents to WikiLeaks has been published by the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Listen, here.

For more context, read this piece by Nixon-administration whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who compares Manning's treatment to his own, many years before.