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UN Torture Chief: Manning's Treatment Cruel, Inhuman

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:04:19 CDT

The UN's torture chief has officially accused the US government of cruel and inhumane treatment of suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning, the Guardian reports. The agency's special rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez, investigated Manning's treatment for 14 months and found that Manning's 11-month solitary confinement was "at a minimum cruel,...

Bradley Manning Nominated for Nobel

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:01:00 CST

Suspected WikiLeaker Army Private Bradley Manning has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. He joins a list of 231 nominees—people like Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina. Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl are also believed to be on the list. The nomination...

Bradley Manning Defers Plea in WikiLeaks Case

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:18:15 CST

An Army private chose not to enter a plea today to charges he made the biggest leak of classified information in US history. Bradley Manning also put off a choice of whether to be tried by a military jury or a judge alone. He was arraigned before Col. Denise Lind...

Army Officer: Court-Martial Bradley Manning

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:57:09 CST

An Army officer recommended a general court-martial today for alleged Wiki-Leaker Bradley Manning. The recommendation to try Manning on all 22 counts, including aiding the enemy, now goes up the chain of command. Lt. Col. Paul Almanza sent his report to Col. Carl Coffman, who will make a recommendation to...

Manning WikiLeaks Hearing Ends

Matt Cantor — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:07:20 CST

Bradley Manning's court hearing ended today almost a week after it began . Prosecutors revealed an alleged al-Qaeda propaganda video that featured militants describing how they used leaked documents to their advantage. Manning, prosecutors said, "aided in the publication of those files, knowing that our enemies would use those files." Defenders...

Prosecution Links Manning to Assange

Mark Russell — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:57:18 CST

Prosecutors unveiled a damning litany of evidence yesterday at a pretrial hearing linking Bradley Manning to the massive leak of government materials posted on WikiLeaks, reports the Washington Post. The trove includes chat logs between Manning and Julian Assange, testimony that Manning's computers contained more than 100,000 State Department...

Manning Hearing Turns Secret, Supporters Outraged

Kevin Spak — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:55:05 CST

Bradley Manning’s pretrial hearing was closed to the public today, with media and spectators forced out of the courtroom so that an Army special agent who had examined Manning’s computers could testify about classified information. The move drew criticism from WikiLeaks supporters, particularly the Center for Constitutional Rights, which is...

Bradley Manning Military Hearing Enters 3rd Day

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:20:26 CST

Bradley Manning's pre-trial hearing rolled on today with witnesses testifying about lax US military security and a scuffle Manning had with a fellow soldier, CNN reports. Prosecution witnesses said Manning, an "outcast" in his Iraqi unit, should have lost his security clearance after assaulting a female intelligence analyst, the Guardian...

Bradley Manning Heads to Court

Kevin Spak — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:59:00 CST

Bradley Manning will at last head to court today, for a pre-trial hearing in which prosecutors must prove they have sufficient evidence to court-martial him. The charges against him include aiding the enemy, violating the Espionage Act, and a variety of lesser offenses, the Washington Post reports. While aiding the...