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| Bradley Manning explainer: best of the Guardian's coverage of WikiLeaks case | Bradley Manning explainer: best of the Guardian's coverage of WikiLeaks case |
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| Bradley Manning was arrested at a military base east of Baghdad in May 2010 for allegedly supplying WikiLeaks with a cache of secret US military information. Here are the highlights of Guardian coverage from then through to the pre-trial hearings at Fort Meade where he pleaded guilty to 10 charges but denied "aiding the enemy". | Bradley Manning was arrested at a military base east of Baghdad in May 2010 for allegedly supplying WikiLeaks with a cache of secret US military information. Here are the highlights of Guardian coverage from then through to the pre-trial hearings at Fort Meade where he pleaded guilty to 10 charges but denied "aiding the enemy". |
| Manning's arrest | Manning's arrest |
| This article by Chris McGreal delves into Manning's relationship with Adrian Lamo, a former hacker famous for breaking into computers at the New York Times. Lamo turned Manning in to authorities after the soldier bragged online about leaking 260,000 pages of confidential US diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks. Manning was arrested by US authorities while on duty in Iraq and held in Kuwait before being transferred to the marine base at Quantico, Virginia in July 2010. | This article by Chris McGreal delves into Manning's relationship with Adrian Lamo, a former hacker famous for breaking into computers at the New York Times. Lamo turned Manning in to authorities after the soldier bragged online about leaking 260,000 pages of confidential US diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks. Manning was arrested by US authorities while on duty in Iraq and held in Kuwait before being transferred to the marine base at Quantico, Virginia in July 2010. |
| Manning's treatment in prison was inhumane | Manning's treatment in prison was inhumane |
| Guardian reporter Ed Pilkington's piece on Manning's unethical detainment in military prison details the first time the soldier spoke publicly about his treatment at Quantico. Manning said he was stripped to his underwear every night and forced to sit "in essential blindness", without his prescription eyeglasses. | Guardian reporter Ed Pilkington's piece on Manning's unethical detainment in military prison details the first time the soldier spoke publicly about his treatment at Quantico. Manning said he was stripped to his underwear every night and forced to sit "in essential blindness", without his prescription eyeglasses. |
| Manning also wrote an explicit firsthand account of his treatment in military custody in March 2011. | Manning also wrote an explicit firsthand account of his treatment in military custody in March 2011. |
| Manning's trial has been clouded in secrecy | Manning's trial has been clouded in secrecy |
| This piece by Michael Ratner, attorney for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks in the United States, calls Manning's ongoing trial a "theater of the absurd". Ratner describes how the media and public were denied access to all evidence, court documents, court orders and off-the-record discussions that will ultimately seal Manning's fate. | This piece by Michael Ratner, attorney for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks in the United States, calls Manning's ongoing trial a "theater of the absurd". Ratner describes how the media and public were denied access to all evidence, court documents, court orders and off-the-record discussions that will ultimately seal Manning's fate. |
| Ratner reveals how press and advocacy groups pressed the Department of Defense to open access to trial documents but were unsuccessful. | Ratner reveals how press and advocacy groups pressed the Department of Defense to open access to trial documents but were unsuccessful. |
| Then things got worse for Manning | Then things got worse for Manning |
| In January of this year, US military prosecutors argued that Manning sought to aid al-Qaida through releasing classified documents. If convicted of those allegations, Manning could face life in prison. During a pre-trial, Prosecutor Capt Joe Morrow said that the government had access to evidence that high ranking al-Qaida operatives, including Osama bin Laden, saw some of the cables Manning released to WikiLeaks. | In January of this year, US military prosecutors argued that Manning sought to aid al-Qaida through releasing classified documents. If convicted of those allegations, Manning could face life in prison. During a pre-trial, Prosecutor Capt Joe Morrow said that the government had access to evidence that high ranking al-Qaida operatives, including Osama bin Laden, saw some of the cables Manning released to WikiLeaks. |
| Manning pleads not guilty to 'aiding the enemy' | Manning pleads not guilty to 'aiding the enemy' |
| Fast forward to today, and Manning has plead guilty to 10 charges but still denies "aiding then enemy", which carries a possible life sentence. Manning insists that he wants judge Colonel Denise Lind to preside solely over the case, without the military equivalent of a jury. | Fast forward to today, and Manning has plead guilty to 10 charges but still denies "aiding then enemy", which carries a possible life sentence. Manning insists that he wants judge Colonel Denise Lind to preside solely over the case, without the military equivalent of a jury. |
| Guardian reporter Ed Pilkington is currently at the trial at Fort Meade. You can follow his live tweets on the action here. | Guardian reporter Ed Pilkington is currently at the trial at Fort Meade. You can follow his live tweets on the action here. |
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