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Old 07-29-2010, 07:44 AM   #27 (permalink)
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I wonder if he'll be tortured first.

EDIT: No, I don't think he will be. He's not brown enough.

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Evidence Ties Manning to Afghan Leaks
WSJ

By JULIAN E. BARNES

WASHINGTON—Investigators have found concrete evidence linking Pfc. Bradley Manning with the leak of classified Afghanistan war reports, a defense official said.

A search of the computers used by Pfc. Manning yielded evidence he had downloaded the Afghanistan war logs, which span from 2004 until 2009, the official said. It's not clear precisely what that evidence is.

The investigation is also looking at who might have helped Pfc. Manning provide the documents to WikiLeaks, a web-based group that earlier this week released 76,000 secret reports from Afghanistan.

Alan Murray interviews Floyd Abrams, the legendary first amendment attorney, about the recent WikiLeaks disclosure and its relationship to the Pentagon Papers case.

Because of the focus on civilians who helped Pfc. Manning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department have been brought into aid the investigation lead by the Army Criminal Investigation Command.

Defense officials are also combing through Pfc. Manning's computers in a bid to figure out what other material he may have stolen as they try to anticipate what other material WikiLeaks may have.

WikiLeaks says it has at least 15,000 more Afghanistan documents the group withheld until some details could be redacted.

Military officials said that the documents already released contain names of Afghans who have aided the allied force, information that could potentially endanger some of those people.
WikiLeaks Publishes Military Files

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, a former Director of Central Intelligence, is said to have been deeply disturbed by the leak of the documents and is to hold a news conference Thursday to discuss the fallout.

Almost immediately after the release of the documents, investigators began focusing on Pfc. Manning, who had suggested to a former hacker he had obtained access to a similar cache of war logs from Iraq.

A request for comment to Pfc. Manning's military counsel was not immediately returned. In the past, the lawyers have referred all questions to public affairs officers who have declined to comment.

Pfc. Manning, 22 years old, was charged by the military earlier this month with illegally taking and disseminating a classified video as well as secret State Department files.
Journal Community

“ He should be tried, and if found guilty, should be handed the highest pentalty as stated in the Constitution. ”
—Geoff Johnson

Defense officials have said the video taken by Pfc. Manning was the one released by WikiLeaks showing a U.S. military helicopter firing on a group of people in Baghdad. Two Reuters journalists and seven others were killed in the incident.

Investigators began examining Pfc. Manning's actions in May when Adrian Lamo, the former computer hacker, alerted authorities that the private had potentially stolen classified documents.

In a series of Internet chats, Pfc. Manning told Mr. Lamo he had passed classified documents to WikiLeaks.

Pfc. Manning worked in the intelligence operations of the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Brigade in Baghdad. Although he was supposed to be examining intelligence relevant to Iraq, defense officials said Pfc. Manning used his "Top Secret/SCI" clearance to tap into documents around the world.
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