However, these allegations have come up before in Manning's trial, and they do not amount to much more than him trying (not succeeding) to help Manning cover her tracks, i.e., protecting his source as a journalist. He did NOT help Manning access more data. This article by Glenn Greenwald is a good read on the subject:
https://theintercept.com/2019/04/11/the-u-s-governments-indi...