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Private Manning did not, at least as far as I know. Their motives were not necessarily pure, but let’s leave the FUD to FB and the feds.
The CIA has also had a lot of high profile failures and appear to be a hotbed if groupthink derived from their current political masters.

They are a great example of an organization hiring the best and brightest, only to be dimmed by org and political structures.

This is not a recent thing. I believe they blew up a Russian refinery with a sweet exploit in he 80s. But other than that, I’m not sure why anyone would see them other than a bumbling comedy of politics.