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Ecuador asks UK to back non-extradition deal for Assange
Diplomat brings up subject of WikiLeaks founder taking refuge in embassy at meeting with shadow foreign secretary Ecuadorean diplomats have raised the case of Julian Assange with the Labour party as part of attempts to lay the groundwork for a resolution of the diplomatic standoff between Britain and the South…
Audio: Manning first tried mainstream news outlets before sending secrets to WikiLeaks
Updated with audio and transcript, below. Bradley Manning has revealed to his court-martial at Fort Meade, Maryland, that he tried to leak US state secrets to the Washington Post,New York Times and Politico before he turned in frustration to the new anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. Manning, the US solider accused of the biggest leak of…
Bradley Manning pleads guilty to 10 charges but denies ‘aiding the enemy’
Soldier admits guilt in lesser crimes that carry up to 20 years in prison while denying most serious charges against him Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to having been the source of the massive WikiLeaks dump of US state secrets, though he has denied the most serious charge against him that he “aided…
Pentagon forced to release documents on WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning
The US Army published dozens of documents online Wednesday in the case of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, after media outlets and other groups had criticized a lack of transparency. The move came in response to multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests related to the case against Manning, who stands…
Manning prosecution may call Bin Laden Navy Seal to testify about WikiLeaks damage
Government to call ‘John Doe’ American who may have been involved in Bin Laden raid to prove Manning ‘aided the enemy’ The US government is planning to call an American, possibly one of the 22 Navy Seals involved in the Abbottabad raid that killed Osama bin Laden, to give evidence at…
Military judge rules length of WikiLeaker Bradley Manning detention ‘reasonable’
Charges in WikiLeaks case will not be dismissed as judge rules soldier’s right to a speedy trial has not been violated The judge presiding over the prosecution of the WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning has ruled that the US soldier was brought to trial in good time within the military rules governing a court martial.…
Julian Assange calls WikiLeaks movie a ‘massive propaganda attack’
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hit out on Wednesday at a Hollywood film about his secret-spilling website, calling the movie “a massive propaganda attack”. Speaking to students at Britain’s prestigious Oxford University by videolink from the Ecuadoran embassy in London, Assange revealed that he had acquired a copy of the script…
Judge: Bradley Manning’s motive not a defense in WikiLeaks case
A US military judge on Wednesday ruled that Bradley Manning’s motive for allegedly leaking a cache of secret government files to WikiLeaks is no defense against the charges he faces. Manning, an army private who was arrested in May 2010 while serving as an intelligence analyst in Iraq, faces trial…
Judge delays WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning’s trial until June
Judge reschedules former US soldier’s trial to give more time for review of classified information related to WikiLeaks case A military judge has pushed back the trial of Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of being behind the WikiLeaks publication of state secrets. Colonel Denise Lind, the judge presiding over…
WikiLeaks suspect’s gender struggle under spotlight
The US military held WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning under strict “suicide watch” partly because his gender identity struggle showed he was mentally “not stable,” a witness said. Manning, a former army intelligence analyst in Iraq, is accused of the biggest intelligence leak in American history for allegedly passing a massive…
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