Yesterday, the court-martial of Bradley Manning, the intelligence analyst accused of providing classified information to the WikiLeaks, took an important turn. As his defense had planned since at least last November, Manning offered a guilty plea for 10 charges; his plea, "by substitutions and exceptions," allowed him to accept responsibility for lesser offenses primarily related to unauthorized access to classified information and passing that information to unauthorized persons. (He also admitted that such leaks were "service discrediting" and "prejudicial to the good order and discipline" of the Army.) The court accepted his plea, with the offenses carrying a maximum of 20 years in prison.
The prosecution plans to go forward with 12...
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