Wikileaks leaker anti-military homosexual

Powerline Blog has details on Private Manning's grievances and motivations for passing the leaked material on to the murderer Julian Assange of Wikileaks. Apparently he had a number of agendas, but the interesting thing about this story is, as Powerline points out, the lack of interest the media has in his background and motivations:

First, Private Manning is openly homosexual. Did you know that? I didn't; if the fact has been reported in the American press, I've missed it. Moreover, Manning was an activist who demonstrated against Congress's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. His Facebook includes a photo of him at a gay rights rally, holding a sign demanding equality on "the battlefield." Further, he has posted anti-military comments on his Facebook page. An uncle describes him as "an introverted kid who loved computers and was fired up politically." That tantalizing reference is left hanging. Whether he was fired up about something other than gay rights remains unknown, for the moment.

Here's the link to the British paper. Not surprisingly, Pvt. Manning is on suicide watch.