US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty on 10 counts involving disclosing information to an unauthorized person, but has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges, including "aiding the enemy." The guilty pleas cover less serious offenses and carry a combined maximum sentence of 20 years. If convicted of aiding the enemy, Manning could be imprisoned for life.
According to The Guardian and corroborated by other news sources, Manning's guilty pleas confirm that he was Wikileaks' principal source for the following:
the so-called "collateral murder" video of an Apache helicopter attack in Iraq; some US diplomatic cables including one of the early WikiLeaks publications the Reykjavik cable; portions of the Iraq and...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/28/4040048/bradley-manning-pleads-guilty
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