Bradley Manning to Face All Charges in Court-Martial

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By Kim Zetter


WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning is headed for a general court-martial, according to the commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington in an announcement released late Friday.

Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington, the general convening authority for the district, made the determination that Manning will face all 22 charges leveled against him, include aiding the enemy, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the internet knowing that it is accessible to the enemy, theft of public property or records, transmitting defense information, and fraud and related activity in connection with computers.

The most serious charge — aiding the enemy — carries a possible death penalty. Prosecutors have said they will not seek the death penalty. Instead, Manning faces life in prison if convicted of all the charges.

Linnington’s decision was no surprise to court watchers. In mid-January, the presiding officer of Manning’s Article 32 hearing, Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, recommended that Manning be court-martialed under all 22 charges, indicating that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Manning committed the offenses with which he was charged.

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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/manning-to-be-court-martialed/

[msongs]

1. while the bloodthirsty war criminals walk free and continue their murderous crimes. ugh nt

[asjr]

3. The Bush criminals should be in

Manning's place.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Manning exposed US war crimes

He shouldn't be given a court martial, he should be given a medal.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. The real charge is being a politically inconvenient whistleblower who exposed war crimes.

[Bodhi BloodWave]

6. i applaud him for the war crimes he exposed

its all the other information he released I have a problem with.

I hope he gets a lenient punishment(if he gets one) since some of the information was important to get into the public eye, but that does not mean he should go unpunished for the release of the rest (or a very short recap: release of war crimes information does not excuse release of non-war crimes information )

[Laughing Mirror]

5. Manning's "120-day clock" seems to be an interesting mechanism

I wonder how it works, or how it doesn't work in this case.