WikiLeaks' Assange Expected Speaks From Ecuadoran Embassy
Julian Assange stepped onto a balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London Sunday to demand that the U.S. end its persecution of WikiLeaks. It was his first public appearance since taking refuge inside...
View ArticleBradley Manning's Trial Set To Begin In February In WikiLeaks Case
The trial of Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private accused of passing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website, has been scheduled to begin in early February. That news...
View ArticleManning Plea Offer Another Odd Piece Of An Odd Case
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...
View ArticleOn Second Day On Stand, WikiLeaks Suspect Manning Admits He Made Noose
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...
View ArticleLawyer For WikiLeaks Suspect Says Client Was Treated As 'Zoo Animal'
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...
View ArticleAlleged Leaker Manning Subjected To Illegal Pretrial Punishment, Judge Rules
(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...
View ArticleBradley Manning Thought Leaked Cables Would Be 'Embarrassing' Not Damaging
Update at 5:52 p.m. ET. Judge Accepts Plea: A military judge in Fort Meade, Md. accepted 10 guilty pleas from Army Pfc.
View ArticleFor Edward Snowden, A Convoluted Path To Possible Asylum
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Russia's decision to allow Edward Snowden into the country was just one more step in what appears to be a convoluted path to possible asylum. As we've just heard,...
View ArticleWhite House: We Expect Russia To Expel Snowden
After expressing "frustration and disappointment" because Hong Kong and China did not block "NSA leaker"Edward Snowden from flying to Moscow, the White House said Monday that it expects Russia will...
View ArticleSnowden Is 'A Hero,' WikiLeaks' Assange Says
From one secrets leaker to another:Edward Snowden "is a hero," WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Sunday on ABC-TV's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. "He has told the people of the world and...
View ArticleAfter WikiLeaks Drama, Kremlin Goes Old School
The Kremlin's security agency has bought $15,000 worth of electric typewriters. A source told a Russian newspaper that after WikiLeaks and the Edward Snowden scandal, the Kremlin decided to "expand the...
View ArticleRussia Reportedly Goes Retro To Keep Kremlin Secrets
The Russian agency charged with safeguarding Kremlin communications is said to be opting for a low-tech solution to secure top-secret messages in the wake of the NSA surveillance scandal:...
View ArticleJudge Won't Drop 'Aiding The Enemy' Charge Against Manning
The military judge presiding over the court-martial of leaker Bradley Manning has declined to drop the most serious charge against him.The Associated Press reports that the judge, Col. Denise Lind,...
View ArticleIn Closing Arguments, Prosecutors Portray Manning As Reckless
Pfc. Bradley Manning acted recklessly when he released a massive cache of classified information, prosecutors said during closing arguments at his military trial in Fort Meade in Maryland...
View ArticleIn Closing Arguments, Defense Argues Manning Is A Whistleblower
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was not aiding the enemy when he leaked the largest cache of classified information in the history of the United States, the defense argued today during closing arguments of...
View ArticleMilitary Judge Will Likely Announce Manning Verdict Tuesday
The military judge presiding over the case of Bradley Manning will likely hand down her verdict on Tuesday.Manning is accused of perpetrating the biggest leak of classified information in the history...
View ArticleJudge Cuts Bradley Manning's Possible Sentence To 90 Years
The military judge presiding over the sentencing of Pfc. Bradley Manning today reduced the maximum possible sentence the former intelligence analyst could face.Manning, 25, who was found guilty of...
View Article35-Year Sentence For Bradley Manning
Update at 10:18 a.m. ET. 35 Years:Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who was responsible for the largest leak of classified information in U.S. history, was sentenced by a military judge to 35 years in prison...
View ArticleBradley Manning Not Guilty Of 'Aiding The Enemy'
This post was last updated at 6:42 p.m. ET.Bradley Manning, the former intelligence analyst who perpetrated the largest leak of classified information in U.S. history, has been acquitted of the most...
View ArticleBradley Manning: 'I Am Sorry ... I Hurt The United States'
Update at 5:33 p.m. ET. 'I'm Sorry':Delivering an unsworn statement before a military judge in Fort Meade, Md., Pfc. Bradley Manning apologized for perpetrating the largest leak of classified...
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