Bradley Manning to face court martial

Bradley Manning: US general orders court martial for WikiLeaks suspect A US army officer has ordered a court martial for Bradley Manning, the soldier charged in the biggest leak of classified information in American history. Military district of Washington commander Major General Michael Linnington referred all charges against Manning to a general court martial on [...]

Bradley Manning and Julian Assange – two non-heroes

Dan Abrams at Mediaite: Bradley Manning’s Own Defense Appears To Concede He’s No Hero Hailed as a hero by some for exposing what they claim are U.S. government misdeeds, as well as illegal and immoral conduct, he has websites like BradleyManning.org devoted to him and many prominent supporters — aside from, of course, Wikileaks editor [...]

Bradley Manning’s strange defense

Wikileaks case: Soldier Bradley Manning had ‘gender issues’ The US soldier accused of leaking thousands of government secrets struggled with emotional problems and gender issues, a court has heard. Private Bradley Manning faces 22 charges of distributing state secrets to anti-secrecy site Wikileaks. But his defence have questioned whether he should have been given access [...]

Bradley Manning Pre-Trial Hearing Tomorrow

The Article 32 hearing tomorrow is the equivalent of a civilian preliminary hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to hold a trial. I’ll be shocked if the court rules there isn’t enough evidence. On the other hand I won’t be surprised if a plea bargain is reached. If an Article 32 hearing is [...]

Justice delayed

Wikileaks chief Julian Assange ‘thankful’ after winning right to appeal extradition to Sweden WIKILEAKS chief Julian Assange said he was “thankful” after being granted the right to pursue his appeal against extradition to Sweden at Britain’s Supreme Court. The 40-year-old Australian, who faces allegations of sexual misconduct in Stockholm, was present at London’s High Court [...]

Assange still fighting extradition

Julian Assange seeks to take extradition fight to supreme court The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, is to apply for a supreme court hearing to appeal against extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations. His solicitor, Gareth Peirce, confirmed he will ask senior judges in London on 5 December to certify that his case [...]