Soldier receives 22 further Wikileaks charges, including 'aiding the enemy'
Pfc. Bradley Manning, who stands accused of leaking US government files to Wikileaks a year ago, faces a further 22 charges.
Pfc. Bradley Manning, who stands accused of leaking US government files to Wikileaks a year ago, had a further 22 charges laid against him yesterday.
The New York Times reported that the new charges include “aiding the enemy” but who ‘the enemy’ is remains unspecified at this point.
The new charges also include wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the Internet, knowing that it was accessible to the enemy; several counts of theft of public records, transmitting defense information and computer fraud.
The military intelligence analyst could be sentenced to life in prison if he is found guilty.
The charges say that Private Manning copied a database of more than 250,000 diplomatic cables between March 28 and May 4, 2010, from a classified computer system in Iraq, and of twice adding “unauthorized software” to the system, which was then used to extract information, a press release that accompanied the charges said.
NBR staff
Fri, 04 Mar 2011
Fri, 04 Mar 2011
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Soldier receives 22 further Wikileaks charges, including 'aiding the enemy'
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