Judge refuses to dismiss GI’s WikiLeaks case

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 25, 2012
Tags: army col. denise lind, court-martialed, defense, documents, julian assange, marine corps base, military judge, motions, Pfc. Bradley Manning, prosecutors, secret documents, whistleblower, wikileaks

FORT MEADE — A military judge rejected a defense motion Thursday to consolidate some of the charges against an Army private accused in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history. Col. Denise Lind was still considering a defense motion to dismiss the most serious charge against Pfc. Bradley Manning — aiding the enemy [...]

Judge seeks WikiLeaks damage assessments from government

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 24, 2012
Tags: army, army col. denise lind, bradley manning, cia, court-martialed, Department of Defense, department of justice, discovery, documents, fort meade, government secrets, leak, military prosecutors, pretrial hearing, private, State Department, war documents, wikileaks

FORT MEADE — A military judge said Tuesday that she wants to see several federal agencies’ assessments of the damage caused by WikiLeaks’ publication of government secrets. Army Col. Denise Lind ordered prosecutors during a pretrial hearing to provide the documents so she can decide whether they should be turned over to Pfc. Bradley Manning’s [...]

Defense rests case in WikiLeaks military hearing

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 21, 2011
Tags: adrian lamo, army intelligency, bradley manning, classified information, closing arguments, computers, court-martialed, defense, fort meade, military, trial, wikileaks

In this courtroom sketch, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, his attorney David Coombs, standing left, Prosecution attorney Ashden Fein, center, and Inspecting Officer Paul Almanza, upper right, and witness Adrian Lamo, right, appear in a courtroom in Fort Meade, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, during a military hearing that will determine if Manning should face court-martial for his alleged role in the WikiLeaks classified leaks case. Manning's online correspondent was Lamo, a former hacker, who gave the chat logs to authorities, leading to Manning's arrest in May 2010. (AP Photo/William Hennessy) NO TV, NO ARCHIVE, NO SALES, LOCALS OUT

FORT MEADE — Lawyers for the Army intelligence analyst blamed for the biggest national security leak in American history briskly presented the entirety of his defense Wednesday, a year-and-half after the young private allegedly handed a trove of classified data to WikiLeaks. Pfc. Bradley Manning’s defense rested its case after calling only two witnesses who [...]

Alleged leaker case more tech than military

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 20, 2011
Tags: army intelligence, bradley manning, classified information, computers, court-martialed, david shaver, hacker, helicopter attack, internet, iraq, leak, mark johnson, prosectuion, trial, wikileaks

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted from a security vehicle to a courthouse in Fort Meade.

FORT MEADE —Interested in the biggest leak of U.S. secrets in the nation’s history, but don’t know a firewall log from a server file? Then you would have been up jargon creek without a clue during the first five days of testimony at a military installation outside of Washington, where Pfc. Bradley Manning is fighting [...]

Manning’s WikiLeaks defense focuses on mental state

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 5, 2011
Tags: army intelligence, Barack Obama, bradley manning, court-martialed, david coombs, fort meade, hillary clinton, wikileaks

HAGERSTOWN — The defense attorney for an Army intelligence analyst suspected to leaking classified information to WikiLeaks is focusing on the soldier’s mental state. A list of 48 prospective defense witnesses released Saturday by attorney David Coombs includes 15 who would testify at a Dec. 16 hearing about Pfc. Bradley Manning’s mental, emotional or behavioral [...]