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Bradley Manning lawyer: Alleged WikiLeaker had ‘no evil intent’ toward U.S.
David Coombs tells military hearing that Manning had ‘no evil intent’ to help enemy and selected harmless material to publish Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of instigating the largest leak of state secrets in US history, consciously selected the information he passed to WikiLeaks to ensure that it would be…
WikiLeaks suspect’s lawyer: Manning’s treatment ‘blemish’ on nation’s history
David Coombs criticises the WikiLeaks suspect’s detention at Quantico military prison in rare speech outside courtroom David Coombs, the civilian lawyer representing Bradley Manning at his court martial for supplying WikiLeaks with a trove of US state secrets, has described the soldier’s treatment in solitary confinement at Quantico marine base…
Manning enters partial guilty plea in WikiLeaks case
Defence lawyer tells hearing soldier wants to offer guilty plea for some offences in US government’s case against him Bradley Manning, the US soldier who is facing life in prison for allegedly having leaked hundreds of thousands of state secrets to WikiLeaks, has indicated publicly for the first time that he…
Bradley Manning lawyer alleges slow trial is ‘an absolute mockery’ of rights
Civilian lawyer calls for dismissal of all charges against soldier, who has been in held military custody for more than two years By the time Bradley Manning goes to trial next February for the alleged transmission of state secrets to WikiLeaks he will has spent as much time in military…
Bradley Manning lawyer demands 7 years cut from sentencing due to mistreatment in custody
The civilian lawyer of Bradley Manning, the US soldier suspected of transferring hundreds of thousands of state secrets to WikiLeaks, is demanding that at least seven years be lopped off any sentence he might be given on grounds that he was improperly treated while in military custody. The legal pleading…
Bradley Manning’s lawyer accuses U.S. Army of ‘flagrant violation’ of military code
The harsh conditions forced upon Bradley Manning in military detention have been laid out in detail as part of a court filing in which the US army is accused of a “flagrant violation” of his right not to be punished prior to trial. The Article 13 motion, published Friday by…
WikiLeaks disclosures caused no damage to U.S.: lawyer
FORT MEADE, Maryland — A US soldier accused of passing a trove of documents to WikiLeaks asked a military judge Wednesday to allow him to cite evidence showing his leak caused no damage to the United States. A defense lawyer for US Army private Bradley Manning argued that his client…
U.S. claims to have proof that Bradley Manning knowingly ‘aided the enemy’
The US government claims to have proof that Bradley Manning, the WikiLeaks suspect, knowingly passed state secrets to a location where it was bound to be obtained by enemy groups, a military court in Maryland has heard. Captain Joe Morrow, a member of the five-strong prosecution team assigned to the…
Manning’s lawyer: WikiLeaks whistleblower treated worse than a terrorist
The lawyer defending Bradley Manning against charges that he “aided the enemy” by disclosing state secrets to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, is arguing that US soldiers are being treated more harshly in application of the law than terrorists. David Coombs, the civilian lawyer who has been representing the soldier for…
Bradley Manning’s lawyer accuses prosecution of lying to the judge
The US government is deliberately attempting to prevent Bradley Manning, the alleged source of the massive WikiLeaks trove of state secrets, from receiving a fair trial, the soldier’s lawyer alleges in new court documents. David Coombs, Manning’s civilian lawyer, has made his strongest accusations yet about the conduct of the…
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