Because of Bradley Manning, we have Edward Snowden, who was inspired to come forward by Manning’s example;

Because of Bradley Manning, we know that most of the prisoners held at Guantanamo are innocent or low-level operatives and we have the identities and pictures of the prisoners held at Guantanamo who are now hunger striking (BradleyManning.org);

Because of Bradley Manning, we have the “Collateral Murder” video which allowed Reuters to finally find out how their reporters were killed, in the face of years of Pentagon lies and stonewalling, and allowed the world to see the attitudes and actions of the U.S. soldiers who commit war crimes and laugh about it, and by implication, the brass and public officials who expect and encourage this barbaric behavior;

On the 17th of August, advocates of full equality for migrants to the US showed up in front of the White House, demanding nothing less than an end to deportations and the very concept of "illegal" status.

Video highlights

Undercover MPD officer "Missy Thompson" AKA Nicole Rizzi has been identified in DC Media Group photographs of the April 2012 IMF protests. There were arrests featuring substantial police violence aimed at two individuals targetted by MPD at those protests. One woman received significant injuries from a brutal arrest.

Peace activists who protested CIA Director John Brennan's confirmation hearing are at the end of their trial for disruption of Congress.

On the 14th of August, the Sierra Club, CCAN, Public Citizen, and other groups held another community forum on the ugly coming together ot the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), fracking, and planned export of fracked gas.
Video highlights-how the TPP will stick MD residents with fracking and gas export

On the 13th of August, Code Pink both protested and disrupted the AUVSI or Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention. This convention is for the makers of the armed killing drones used by the US military, so Code Pink had a few things to say.
Video of the protest and the inside disruption

On Monday, the 12th of August, over 100 people opposing the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline staged a sit-in at the Department of State. Multiple entrances were blocked at various times as protesters sought to force arrests.
Eric Schwartz's Youtube video of the action