On April 5, 2010, WikiLeaks released the classified Collateral Murder video to the public.
The video shows an Apache helicopter indiscriminately firing on a dozen people, including two Reuters staff, in Baghdad. Later in the footage, rescuers, including two children, were also targeted.
The footage was leaked to WikiLeaks by Pfc. B. Manning, who has been in prison for 1046 days. Manning’s detention conditions have been found to be “cruel, inhuman & degrading” by UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan E. Mendez.
“The most alarming aspect of the video to me was the seemingly delightful bloodlust the aerial weapons team happened to have.” – Manning