Strictly speaking, an enlisted US Service Member swears to:
"support and defend the United States Constitution against all enemies, domestic and foreign; [and to] bear true faith and allegiance to the same"
before they swear to:
"obey the orders of the President ... [and] the officers appointed over me."
So it could be argued that, if the service member in question, PFc Bradley Manning, felt that the Constitution was under attack or that by not releasing this information he was not bearing "true faith and allegiance" to it, then he WAS following both the spirit and letter of his Oath.
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