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Evidence linking Bradley Manning to WikiLeaks disputed

FORT MEADE, MD (Reuters) – Attorneys for Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning on Monday challenged evidence linking him to the biggest classified document leak in U.S. history, arguing others had access to the same files and that it cannot be proven Manning sent anything to WikiLeaks from his computer. The…

10,000 unpublished cables found on computer used by Bradley Manning

A US Army investigator said Monday that 10,000 State Department cables found on a computer used by Bradley Manning were apparently not passed on to WikiLeaks because they were in a corrupted file. Manning, a 24-year-old army private, is accused of giving WikiLeaks a massive cache of US military reports…

Key witness excused from testifying in Manning leaks case

FORT MEADE, MD (Reuters) – A key witness was excused from testifying in the case against Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning on Sunday after he invoked his right against self-incrimination at a hearing about the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history. Sergeant First Class Paul Adkins invoked his…

State department cables found on Manning computers: witness

State Department cables and other documents released by WikiLeaks were found on computers used by Bradley Manning, accused of giving a trove of classified material to the secret-spilling site, a US Army cyber expert said Sunday. Special Agent David Shaver of the Computer Crimes Investigative Unit (CCIU) provided the most…

Witnesses grilled as Manning hearing resumes

Defense attorneys grilled US Army investigators Saturday about the evidence against Bradley Manning and the sexual identity of the intelligence analyst accused of spilling US secrets to WikiLeaks. In cross-examination, defense attorneys for Manning, who was spending his 24th birthday in court, questioned the witnesses about whether they had come…

Assange request for appeal granted, set for Feb 1

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was Friday granted permission to appeal against extradition from Britain to Sweden over rape allegations and a hearing will start on February 1. “The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal and a hearing has been scheduled for two days, beginning on 1 February 2012,” said…

U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks case to get his day in court

WASHINGTON — A year and a half after his arrest, Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of turning hundreds of thousands of classified US documents over to WikiLeaks, gets his first day in court on Friday. Manning, who turns 24 on Saturday, is scheduled to appear at a preliminary military…

Assange can take extradition fight to top UK court

LONDON (Reuters) - British judges ruled on Monday that Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, could take his year-long fight against extradition to Sweden to theSupreme Court, the highest court in the land. Swedish authorities want to question the 40-year-old Australian over accusations of rape and sexual assault made by two female former WikiLeaks…

Lawmakers propose SOPA alternative: Fight online pirates ‘like WikiLeaks’

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House and Senate are readying a draft proposal that would provide an alternative to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act. Instead of using the courts to force search engines and ISPs to block websites accused of copyright infringement, as…

WikiLeaks ‘spy files’ pulls curtain back on global surveillance industry

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange launched the website’s new project Thursday, the publication of files it claims shows a global industry that gives dictatorships tools to spy on their citizens. In parallel to Assange’s announcement, Wikileaks’ partner Owni.fr released evidence that a French firm helped Moamer Kadhafi’s former Libyan regime spy on opposition figures living in exile in…