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2010-07-29 Home Front: WoT

Evidence Ties Pfc. Bradley Manning to Afghan Leaks

Investigators have found concrete evidence linking Pfc. Bradley Manning with the leak of classified Afghanistan war reports, a defense official said.

Is this not treason?

A search of the computers used by Pfc. Manning yielded evidence he had downloaded the Afghanistan war logs, which span from 2004 until 2009, the official said. It's not clear precisely what that evidence is.
Ummm, probably his browser history/ftp logs and/or IP numbers recorded by the server.
The investigation is also looking at who might have helped Pfc. Manning provide the documents to WikiLeaks, a web-based group that earlier this week released 76,000 secret reports from Afghanistan.

Because of the focus on civilians who helped Pfc. Manning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department have been brought into aid the investigation lead by the Army Criminal Investigation Command.

Pfc. Manning worked in the intelligence operations of the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Brigade in Baghdad. Although he was supposed to be examining intelligence relevant to Iraq, defense officials said Pfc. Manning used his "Top Secret/SCI" clearance to tap into documents around the world.

Defense officials are also combing through Pfc. Manning's computers in a bid to figure out what other material he may have stolen as they try to anticipate what other material WikiLeaks may have.

WikiLeaks says it has at least 15,000 more Afghanistan documents the group withheld until some details could be redacted.

Posted by Sherry 2010-07-29 11:32|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Assange is proud of you, Bradley. You made him famous.
Enjoy Leavenworth. See ya in about a hundred years.

Posted by tu3031 2010-07-29 12:02|| 2010-07-29 12:02|| Front Page Top

#2 I do hope they throw the book at him. Maybe the penalty's changed, but I believe it used to be 10 years and/or $10,000 fine for each offense.

10 years x 92,000 documents = 920,000 years by my count.

Posted by Fred 2010-07-29 12:09|| 2010-07-29 12:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Sandy 'Pants' Burger set the precedent on classified document violations.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-07-29 12:13|| 2010-07-29 12:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Is this not treason?

That, and accessory to murder for each and every victim associated with the informants whose identities were revealed.

He needs to be sentenced to life in the barrel at a supermax prison. He probably wouldn't need to be fed the whole time he was there, which would save us some money.

He's probably got file fragments all over his computer and maybe in the shadow files, too.

WikiLeaks says it has at least 15,000 more Afghanistan documents the group withheld until some details could be redacted.

If they must release the "redacted" files, which will probably still hold the names of informants unless done properly, then they could at least have a major news organization comb through them and make sure they are cleaned up before being released. Even if redacted properly, they will miss some names.

Posted by gorb 2010-07-29 15:24|| 2010-07-29 15:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Fort Leavenworth is way to nice for this Pfc. In this case, his new home will be ADX Florence.

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got. Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.

Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

Cheers.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-07-29 19:00|| 2010-07-29 19:00|| Front Page Top

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