21 July 2010

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:07:00 -0700
From: Adrian Lamo <adrian[at]adrian.org>
To: John Young <jya[at]pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: Questions

Thank you for your questions. I apologize for the delay in replying.

I plan to reply as soon as time permits - I'm recovering from three days
of little sleep followed by almost 24 hours of travel and sleeping at
airports.

19 July 2010

Questions for Adrian Lamo on the Bradley Manning Investigation and Wikileaks

These messages followed Adrian Lamo's appearance on a panel, "Informants -- Heroes or Villains," at The Next HOPE conference on 18 July 2010 in New York City. Panelists were Emmanuel Goldstein, Kevin Mitnick, Bernie X, Fiber Optic and Lamo. Before his appearance Cryptome asked Lamo to make a video statement. He said wanted to make his comments on the panel not before, and instead of a video he preferred to write.

To: Adrian Lamo <adrian[at]adrian.org>
From: John Young <jya[at]pipeline.com>
Subject: Well Done
Date: July 18, 2010, 4:28PM ET

A most impressive performance. Please let me know when you provide more.

Regards,

John

To: Adrian Lamo <adrian[at]adrian.org>
From: John Young <jya[at]pipeline.com>
Subject: Questions
Date: July 18, 2010, 8:23PM ET

Adrian,

Your explanation for going public with the Manning material -- to provide transparency -- and that you are a "witness" are quite powerful and informing. I wonder if you could continue this and provide more transparency by disclosing for publication what you know about the investigation and what your role will be.

Cryptome has published information on several cases where persons were arrested, tried and convicted. I was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in one of them. Publishing information on exactly what took place in these cases has been very well received.

Two of the cases are documented here:

http://cryptome.org/jya/jdbfiles.htm

http://cryptome.org/jya/cejfiles.htm [A proffer from this case was shown by Bernie X during the panel.]

Your sharing of inforamtion on the Manning case beyond what you have provided so far would be of substantial benefit, perhaps to Manning and to you.

So these questions:

1. With whom, that is, what agencies and personnel, are you dealing with or expect to deal with?

2. What information have you been asked, or directed, to keep from the public?

3. What you have been asked to do as a witness?

4. What evidence have been asked to provide?

5. What evidence have you provided or refused to provide?

6. Have you given sworn depositions or affidavits or other legal substantiation of your experience and views on the matter?

7. Have you provided testimony before a grand jury or the military version of that?

8. What is the schedule for your participation and where will your involvement take place, pre-trial, and if there is a trial, during the trial?

9. Has Kevin Poulsen and/or Kim Zetter been officially drawn into the investigation?

10. Do you know of any other witnesses, and if you do, can you identify them?

11. Have you been told anything about Bradley Manning's situation, such as form of detention, treatment in detention, statements made by him, his legal representation, his family and/or friends role and communication with him?

12. Have you been told of any plea agreements or proffers made with or to Manning?

13. What is the basis for your saying that Manning does not face decades in prison?

14. Do you have any reason to think the so-called State Department cables have been retrieved, or if not retrieved, that negotiations are underway to retrieve them.

15. How do you envision the Manning affair turning out for Manning, for you, for Wikileaks for other parties?

Thanks very much,

John Young