Bradley Manning is not as consequential as what he revealed.

Descriptions of him and arguments regarding how we should "perceive" him are of even less consequence and serve only to obfuscate and misdirect, to re-prioritise and designify.

Any conversation about Wikileaks that bends mysteriously towards the personal qualities of Bradley Manning does so to the continued benefit of those wishing to perpetuate the ignorance of what he brought to light and no-one else.