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Wikileaker Bradley Manning Will Face ‘Aiding the Enemy’ Charge
Wikileaker Bradley Manning Will Face ‘Aiding the Enemy’ Charge
Posted by Mandy Nagy Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 6:30pm Bradley Manning will face the charge of “aiding the enemy,” after a military judge ruled today that the charge will not be dropped. Defense attorneys for Manning had earlier filed a motion for this and other charges to be dismissed, while human rights groups also called for the aiding the enemy charge to be dropped. From the NY Times: The prosecution argued earlier this month that Manning’s leak did aid the enemy, citing leaked documents on Wikileaks referenced by al-Qaeda terrorists, including Osama bin Laden. It also presented a 2009 “Most Wanted Leaks” list and several Wikileaks tweets as part of its evidence that Manning’s actions were influenced by the anti-secrecy website. Prosecutors also argued that with Manning’s intelligence experience and extensive training on safeguarding classified material, he knew that his leak would be beneficial to the enemy. Manning’s defense in turn argued that the Army private did not knowingly aid the enemy, but instead leaked the documents only to prompt debate about US foreign policy. From the Washington Post: Manning already admitted to leaking hundreds of thousands of documents and offered to plead guilty to ten of the lesser charges related to espionage and computer fraud counts in a pre-trial hearing. But prosecutors refused to drop the more serious charge of aiding the enemy. Today’s ruling only determined that the charge itself will still stand. As Buzzfeed notes, “under the United States Rules for Court-Martial, a military judge must view all evidence for motions for finding of not guilty “in the light most favorable to the prosecution.” The judge cited this in her decision. The prosecution will still have to prove its case on the charge that Manning knowingly aided the enemy. http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/07...-enemy-charge/
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