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| Manning formally charged in WikiLeaks case |
| 2012-02-23 |
| WIKILEAKS suspect Bradley Manning was formally charged overnight ahead of a court-martial that could see the US soldier sentenced to life in prison. Manning was charged with 22 counts, the most serious of which is "aiding the enemy," for allegedly turning over a trove of classified US documents to WikiLeaks in one of the most serious intelligence breaches in US history. The 24-year-old Manning is accused of passing hundreds of thousands of military field reports from Iraq and Afghanistan and US diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks between November 2009 and May 2010, when he was serving in Iraq. The leak of the military documents shed light on civilian deaths, while the diplomatic cables sparked a firestorm by disclosing the private remarks of heads of state and candid observations by senior US officials. The US government slammed the disclosure of the documents by WikiLeaks, saying it threatened national security and the lives of foreigners working with the military and US embassies. WikiLeaks supporters view the site as a whistleblower that exposed US wrongdoing and see Manning as a political prisoner. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Unless Obama pardons him on Jan. 20, 2013. |
| Posted by: charger 2012-02-23 19:57 |
| #3 Well, unless other government agencies intervene to demand he be tried in civilian court for his offenses against them, then he is looking forward to wearing some fashionable, brightly colored overalls while raking rocks, mowing laws with a push mower, washing cars, and exploring his sexuality among the other happy inmates at the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-02-23 18:29 |
| #2 Maybe he should help kill a couple of CIA operatives. That way, he won't spend as much in prison. |
| Posted by: badanov 2012-02-23 16:41 |
| #1 30 years in the electric chair! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-02-23 15:43 |