Bradley Manning

Bradley Manning Thought Leaked Cables Would Be 'Embarrassing' Not Damaging

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:43:00 +0000

Update at 5:52 p.m. ET. Judge Accepts Plea:

A military judge in Fort Meade, Md. accepted 10 guilty pleas from Army Pfc.

Alleged Leaker Manning Subjected To Illegal Pretrial Punishment, Judge Rules

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:09:00 +0000

(7 a.m. ET, Jan. 9: We've updated the headline and reworded the top of this post to better reflect the judge's ruling. Our earlier headline was "Judge Reduces Possible Sentence For Alleged Leaker Bradley Manning.")

At a pretrial hearing Tuesday at Fort Meade in Maryland, a military judge ruled that the Army private accused of leaking a mass of classified documents to the website WikiLeaks was subjected to illegal pretrial punishment while being held in a military prison.

Col. Denise Lind found that during the nine months Pfc.

Lawyer For WikiLeaks Suspect Says Client Was Treated As 'Zoo Animal'

Steve Mullis — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:16:00 +0000

The pretrial hearing for WikiLeaks suspect Pfc. Bradley Manning ended Tuesday, but as The Associated Press reports, the massive amount of documents he is accused of leaking were hardly mentioned.

Instead, the hearing focused more on "a bedsheet noose, confiscated clothes and whether Manning seriously contemplated killing himself with flip-flops or the elastic waistband of his underwear."

Manning and his defense attorney, David E.

On Second Day On Stand, WikiLeaks Suspect Manning Admits He Made Noose

Eyder Peralta — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:16:00 +0000

Bradley Manning, the Army private accused in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, took the stand for a second day in a row, today.

Politico reports that in one more dramatic moments of the Article 13 hearing, Army Capt. Ashden Fein, the military prosecutor, pulled out a noose from a paper bag.

Manning admitted that he had made that noose while he was being held in Kuwait.

Manning Plea Offer Another Odd Piece Of An Odd Case

Carrie Johnson — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:04:00 +0000

The young Army private accused of passing diplomatic cables and war reports to the website WikiLeaks has made an unusual offer: Bradley Manning says he'll plead guilty to minor charges in the case. But he rejects the idea that he ever acted as a spy or helped America's enemies.

It's just another twist in one of the oddest prosecutions in years. The case began nearly two and a half years ago, when U.S. investigators accused Manning of pulling off the biggest leak of classified information in American history.