it. was. the verdict is in army private bradley manning is found not guilty of aiding the enemy that charge carried a potential life sentence or even the death penalty however many will not be a free man anytime soon from the guilty charges handed down to the legal challenges he now faces and what today's verdict means for potential whistleblowers we'll bring it all to you in our live team coverage of the bradley manning trial coming up next. though there it's tuesday july thirtieth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm marinate and you're watching our t.v. . our lead story today the verdict in the bradley manning trial a military court has found army private bradley manning accused of the largest leak of classified information in u.s. history not guilty of aiding the enemy now the aiding the enemy charge would have carried a maximum sentence of life in prison manning was however found guilty of most of the remaining charges against him including five charges of espionage five counts of theft and four counts of investment bradley manning's family just released a statement on the v

the verdict is in army private bradley manning is found not guilty of aiding the enemy that charge carries a potential life sentence however manning will not be a free man any time soon coming up next more on the guilty charges handed down in the lengthy appeals process. and the world of medical tech advances we'll tell you about new technology being developed to influence body and mind the tools being used a beam of light or in this remarkable study coming up. and the government has given subsidies to meat to the nation's farmers but what would you say if the taxpayer dollars were given to people who aren't even alive i'll tell you about this spending beyond the grave in today's show. hello there it's tuesday july thirtieth five pm in washington d.c. i marinate and you're watching our two. now our lead story today the verdict in the bradley manning trial a military court has found me private bradley manning accused of the largest leak of classified information in u.s. history not guilty of aiding the enemy now the aiding the enemy charge would have carried a maximum sentence of li

most serious charge of aiding the enemy however the army private won't be a free man anytime soon. coming up next more on the guilty charges handed down today and his sentencing phase. and here's a mindbender scientists at mit have discovered a new way to control the minds of the lab rats by using a beam of light we'll tell you how it's done and what it could potentially mean for humans. plus the government has given subsidies to the nation's farmers but what would you save taxpayer dollars were given to people who aren't even a lot of will tell you about the spending beyond the great internet show i. mean it's tuesday july thirtieth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm marinate and you're watching our. our lead story tonight the verdict in the bradley manning trial a military court has found army private bradley manning accused of the largest leak of classified information in u.s. history not guilty of aiding the enemy now the aiding the enemy charge would have carried a maximum sentence of life in prison manning was however found guilty of most of the remaining charges against him in

colonel denise lynn for senator verdict and acquitted private manning of aiding the enemy the most serious of charges now government prosecutors have said that manning aided the enemy when he took classified military information and uploaded it to the website wiki leaks in turn putting it on the internet and in turn providing a way for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula to access secret government files starting wednesday the court case will enter its sentencing phase and the government and defense are expected to call upwards of forty witnesses total in order to testify to the merit and intent and motive of private manning now during the last two months of testimony we've heard all sorts of stories about how private manning acted in an off of the battlefield what kind of experience he had as an army intelligence analyst however not all of those testimonies will be heard by members of the public or the press in fact or more than a dozen of the testimonies that will be entered in the court will be done so under seal those are all classified witnesses whose testimonies could harm nati

witnesses total in order to testify to the merit and intent and motive of private manning now during the last two months of testimony we've heard all sorts of stories about how private manning acted in an off of the battlefield what kind of experience he had as an army intelligence analyst however not all of those testimonies will be heard by members of the public or the press in fact or more than a dozen of the testimonies that will be entered in the court will be done so under seal those are all classified witnesses whose testimonies could harm national security if they were released earlier this year we heard from manning himself how he did it and why he did it he admitted guilt in releasing more than two hundred fifty thousand state department diplomatic cables one tunnel bay detainee assessment reaves iraq war logs afghan war logs and a number of other classified materials cording to private manning himself when he went to the web site wiki leaks he did so in order to expose the rest of the world to the atrocities that he saw while serving in iraq private manning was held

appellate advocacy counsel at epic well it is day sixteen of the trial for bradley manning private first class army because of wiki leaks leaker that is his defense team second day of arguments today lawyer david coombs questioned retired colonel morris davis about one ton of away detainee policies and information used in their detention this is important because manning leaked the assessments of five get most detainees to wiki leaks artie's liz wahl joined me just a short time ago from fort meade to discuss the importance of this testimony. that's right he is a frequent guest on ars he was also a key witness in the court martial against private first class bradley manning today colonel morris davis testified as an expert an expert on these guantanamo bay detainee assessments of the seven hundred thousand documents that bradley manning admitted to handing over to wiki leaks are these profiles these assessments of guantanamo bay detainee is now essentially the defense compared to the the brief to baseball cards they contain all types of information on detainees everything from their names

private. meanwhile the sentencing phase of his trial is set to begin with manning facing decades in prison despite being acquitted of aiding the enemy. and the u.s. secretary of state had to slam about hoping to ease tensions with the new government there over america's convertable drone strikes on pakistani soil. this is are you coming to life from the russian capital five pm here on marina joshing welcome to the program or bradley manning has been found not guilty of one of the most grievous offenses under american law aiding the enemy but it's still staring at the prospect of live behind bars the sentencing of a twenty five years old twenty five year old army private responsible for the largest leak of classified documents in the country's history is set to begin within an hour but that's just the start of a process that could last several weeks argues andrew blake has been following the court proceedings at fort meade maryland. starting wednesday the court case will enter its sentencing phase and the government and defense are expected to call upwards of forty witnesses total in

private manning in person. he is a fairly diminutive in size, got to speak with him briefly after words. i would say he is in good spirits, positive, but you can see this has taken a toll on him and is wearing on him, as i'm sure it would with anyone in his circumstance. >> you also suggested the of wikileaks documents were "one of the inaccurate." could you explain why you said that? >> just to add to that, president obama appointed the guantanamo review task force that issued a report on january 22, 2010. if you look at the report, his task force came to the same conclusion, that the detainee assessments, which were a general biographical accounting of who the individual was, assessment of how big of a risk they were, and even the task force came to the same conclusion that many of the reports were inaccurate, some were overinflated, some under inflated. so you cannot tell. you do not know if it is right, wrong, -- how it really fits in. my experience from the chief prosecutor is that, looking at the detainee assessment had no value. they are based on underlying documents, and t

facing life in prison if convicted private manning has pleaded guilty to two nearly a dozen charges other charges and those alone carry a sentence of up to twenty years behind bars where manning admitted to leaking thousands of classified documents as well as some classified videos to the we can leaks website at his court martial hearing he said he had no intention of harming his country he said i believed if the public was aware of the data it would start a public debate of the wars he said he was depressed about the situation there in iraq where he was stationed as an intelligence analyst the force it was not just the blog iraq in thousands of leaked documents readily manning has exposed many aspects of u.s. foreign policy through his warlock's the public has learned about the war crimes committed by the us in iraq and afghanistan and perhaps best illustrated by. collateral murder video you remember the classified footage showed the ease with which the crew of a u.s. apache helicopter killed civilians in iraq well she has sure betrayed and embarrassed the government but has he bet

from manning the army private manning was arrested in may twenty twenty to twenty ten as his timeline goes on and saddled with those twenty one charges relating to espionage computer fraud theft and aiding the enemy and it's that latest that carried the life sentence but we know he doesn't have that now while he's been in confinement at a maximum security prison the publications have continued to be a real. least exposing multiple wrongdoings by american troops in afghanistan and iraq the u.n. torture report said that manning was subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment during his detention that's the background while a lot of talk about how this is going to affect wiki leaks let's talk to wiki leaks spokesman kristen have for us and i gather now he's on the line hi there kristen i can hear it you live on r.t. thanks be with us and i've been watching this very closely in the last sixty minutes big implications potentially for you your initial thoughts as far as wiki leaks goes. well of course i'm pleased that the judge decided to throw out the more serious charges will be aiding the

david croom is the civilian defense attorney representing private manning he had argued after the prosecution rested earlier this month that the government could not provide adequate enough evidence that would necessitate to the judge having to rule either that private manning did or did not aid the enemy now government prosecutors on the other hand they insist that when manning leaked intelligence the website wiki leaks that material because it was eventually ending up in the hands of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula the indirectly aided al qaeda and therefore should go to jail forever so the significance of today is that while manning earlier faced a maximum of only twenty years in prison if the judge wanted to drop this charge going back to facing a possible life sentence if convicted of aiding the enemy purchase of and here for three years already it was over one thousand one hundred days before private manning's court martial officially restarted back in early june and at this point there is there is demonstrators holding vigils outside of fort meade at the military base in

. private manning's leaks wrote a lot of the news reports in 2010. what the world now knows because of bradley manning is not in dispute, and it is significant. >> the documents reveal that even as pakistan accepted billions in u.s. aid, pakistani intelligence officials allegedly conspired with taliban leaders in may 2007. the taliban shot down a u.s. helicopter with a shoulder-fired missile, killing seven soldiers. but nato commanders concealed that fact. more than 66,000 iraqi civilians were killed even though the pentagon repeatedly claimed they never kept such statistics. the names of more than 300 iraqi informants working with the americans appear in the documents. >> this is the third and by far the biggest release of u.s. secrets by wikileaks. >> friends like french president sarkozy described as thin skinned and an emperor with no clothes. foes like iranian president ahmadinejad called hitler. libya's moammar gadhafi, strange, and always accompanied by a voluptuous blond ukrainian nurse. one cable in january says yemen's president saleh told general david petraeus, we'll con

charge facing whistleblower bradley manning that of aiding the enemy if found guilty the former private accused of leaking classified information to wiki leaks could face life in jail without parole let's cross live now to our teams andrew blake for the details of andrew you've been of course following this trial both in d.c. and outside of the d.c. right now but now you've been covering it for quite some time why it was the charge upheld. so manning as you know is charged with around twenty different aiding the enemy is the most significant of these if convicted he would receive a maximum of life in prison it's actually a conviction that could come with capital punishment but the government has already elected to pursue that charge anyways manning could still be convicted under aiding the enemy after today because the presiding military judge said that the government actually did provide enough evidence so that they can actually go on and properly proceed with the case now david coombs to civilian defense attorney representing private manning he had argued after the prosecution rested

computer passwords, even dna and fingerprints. >> private manning also released this video. this disturbing video showing american helicopter pilots in iraq in 2007 firing on a group of iraqis and a journalist from the "reuters" wire service, and his driver. 12 people were killed. wikileaks added their own subtitles to it. the military said proper protocols were followed, but after this video was made public, people all across the world and in the united states outraged. until private manning leaked it, we had not seen video like this that the military did not want us to see. we had a whole new kind of access to our war in iraq. on the one hand, seemed like the trial of private bradley manning was over before it began. he had already admitted to leaking the hundreds of thousands of documents. he was held in solitary confinement for the better parent of a year. he denied very little of the government's findings against him, yet what today's verdicts will mean for private manning, that is still up in the air. tomorrow begins the sentencing phase of the trial. manning faces up to 13

to our viewers immediately. as you say on the table bradley manning 25 years old, private first class in the army. this young man could be facing in the next few minutes learning he will spend the rest of his life in jail if he's convicted of aiding the enemy. he's already pled guilty to some lesser charges that could get him a sentence of 20 years. the judge swrouwould have to ac that. all of us are waiting to hear the latest details. >> he's 25 years old. professor, the most serious charge, charge number one that he gave intelligence to the enemy through indirect means and that carries life in prison. he did give this information to wikileaks. what is your take on this? >> it's a very serious charge. as you know he does stand a chance of getting the maximum punishment of life in prison. in fact, the statute permits a death sentence but the government took that off the table. it will be very interesting to see what the judge, who is an army colonel says when she announced her verdict in the case. >> some are saying he's a whistle blower and trying to help the country. the prosecution

bradley manning is drawing to a close with a verdict to be delivered on choose day the army private faces a barrage of charges the most serious of which aiding the enemy could land him life in prison let's get up to speed on this see what's happening out his gun if you can is in washington for us garny how is it how is it looking for a private manning the. well kevin will hear the verdict tomorrow this tuesday at one pm eastern time the twenty five year old u.s. army private bradley manning has been in custody for three years now and is now facing more than one hundred fifty years in prison he's facing life in prison he leaked documents and videos that showed war crimes committed by the u.s. in iraq and afghanistan the military judge has so recently refused to drop the aiding the enemy charge against him the most serious charge despite many claims that he's sole intent was to make the public more aware of the cost of war a human cost and the question of intent is very important for for the public support of bradley manning but maybe not not so much for the prosecution the u.s. government

packed an overflow room in order just to sit there and watch private manning here his feet from colonel denise land and really private manning will still face one hundred thirty six years in prison but now that he's avoided conviction under the charge of aiding the enemy it was really just a sigh of relief for most people it's it's not the best news that you would expect if you were a supporter of manning but it was still very significant in the fact that we no longer can say that this is a person who has been accused of aiding the enemy and the government agrees but that it the government no longer agrees with that. part of a. court of so let's bring you know that washington d.c. correspondent going to come and go and he has the. sense again and resonating what is the reaction from america what are you hearing. well they now as the news says sinking in of course we can talk about to what we have seen in the past three years actually that bradley manning has been in custody and much of the u.s. media together with the government have all but convicted bradley manning even before

the bay area, private manning definitely has his supporters. as you say, some people classify him as a traitor. others say he is a hero. this is a case definitely that will have long ramifications for anyone who releases sensitive information on the internet. >>> reporter: army private first class bradley manning arrived in court today and dodged a big bullet. a military judge found him not guilty of aiding the enemy. the most serious of the charges he faced. >> the smartest thing that manning did was waiving a jury and going before a single judge. >> reporter: but in her verdict, colonel denise lind found that manning was guilty of 19 of the other 20 criminal counts. manning faces up to 136 years in prison. even so -- >> the likelihood is that the amount of time he might serve maybe he will serve 20 years. >> reporter: peter keane is the dean emeritus at golden gate law school. he was convicted of multiple counts of violating the espionage act and that may have a chilling effect on whistle- blowers. >> the message that this sends to whistle-blowers who might have very good patriotic

private bradley manning set off a firestorm when the trove of secret documents he released to wikileaks went public. he was acquitted of the most serious charge in the military court-martial, aiding the enemy. but the private is not out of the woods. manning was convicted of 20 of the remaining 21 charges including six counts of espionage, five theft charges and other military violations. he will likely be in prison for decades so what will be the ripple effect of this verdict? well, let's ask people smarter than me. faiza patel and chase is author of "the passion of bradley manning" and contributor to the nation. pleasure to have you both back here on "viewpoint." let's dig in. faiza, what was your reaction to today's verdict? >> i was pleased to see that he was acquitted of the aiding the enemy charge because that would have been truly a travesty of justice. that charge should be about somebody who's actually trying to aid the enemy as opposed to somebody who puts information out into the public fear and might incidentally be of interest to the enemy. i was pleased to see th

verdict is in, army private bradley manning who admitted to sharing classified documents with wikileaks awaits word of his fate. >>> plus an arrest in the d.c. vandalism case. >>> the ravens get their just desserts. >>> and brian williams' marky mark moment. good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. breaking news overnight several people are injured after a powerful explosion at a florida propane plant. several people were taken to the hospital, three of them in critical condition. officials say a crew of up to 6 were working an overnight shift when that blast happened. the explosions began at around 11:00 p.m. at the blue rhino plant in tavares. the plant houses about 53,0 53,0053,000 53,000 0-fund propane cylinders. the cause of that explosion is being investigated. >>> it's being called the largest ever operation against child sex trafficking, more than 100 teens are safe this morning after being rescued in a sting that spanned 76 u.s. cities. the youngest victim just 13 years old. the fbi has taken 159 adults into custody for allegedly running that operation that included truck

someone's entire life upside down this is certainly the case for army private bradley manning who was just found guilty of nineteen of the twenty one charges filed against him including six counts of espionage collectively these guilty charges could still send the whistleblower to prison for over one hundred years and while the final sentencing remains to be seen the verdict sends a clear message from the federal government bad p.r. for the powers that be could land you behind bars for the rest of your life this chilling effect is the reason why waste fraud abuse and even war crimes going to counted for over the last decade a steady crackdown on those who are exposing damning truths is slowly morphed into a full blown war on whistleblowers so to talk about how the whistleblowers survive i'm joined now by the man who literally wrote the book on how to be a whistleblower tom devine legal director of the government accountability project thank you so much for coming on tom thanks for having me so tom let's talk about the verdict the bradley manning trial nineteen of the twenty one charge

private bradley manning is found guilty of espionage but he was cleared of the most crious charge: aiding the enemy. david martin on what's next for the soldier who gave up some of serica's biggest secrets. explosions rock a propane gas plant in central florida. there are injuries. lall have the latest on the investigation. what's killing fish by the thousands in the gulf of mexico? chip reid takes us to the dead zone. and lucy and desi as few amember them. ren crawford on a project to preserve tv history. >> that was wonderful. you're great. >> that was captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. tt schieffer: good evening. scott is on assignment. i'm bob scheiffer. in the history of the united iffees, no one has leaked as many classified government secrets as a 25-year-old army private named bradley manning. he was court marshaled. today a military judge at fort to fade maryland found him not guilty of the most serious airge, aiding the enemy, but guilty of lesser charges that could send him to prison for the oft of his life. our national securi

from fox this tuesday night. the u.s. army private bradley manning not guilty of aiding the enemy with the biggest leak of classified information in united states' history. that is the verdict today from the judge on the most serious charge that bradley manning was facing. of course, the judge did find him guilty on lesser charges of espionage and others. he could get up to it 100 years in prison. the sentencing hearing is set to start tomorrow and today on "studio b," a former military prosecutor, who is now a defense attorney, told me the government has not convicted somebody of aiding the enemy since 1917. >> that was is essentially a case where somebody was disclosing information because they wanted americans to be killed. they wanted the enemy to have this information. and, in this case, i think the government just was not able to prove that pfc manning intentionally disclosed this to the enemy. >> shepard: manning supporters demonstrated outside othe courthouse today they see him as the whistle blower, a hero, not a criminal. so do lawyers who just called him naive with good

york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: private first class bradley manning was acquitted today of the most serious charge against him, aiding the enemy, which could have meant life in prison. he was convicted on five counts of espionage and five counts of theft for leaking sense tiff government documents to wikileaks. manning admitted sending hundreds of thousands of documents to wikileaks, including diplomatic cables and reports from iraq and afghanistan. he claimed his actwere meant to expose wrongdoing. joining me from washington is michael hayden, the former director of the n.s.a. and c.i.a. and is principal of the chertoff group. thank you very much for joining us, general hadeep. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: what's your assessment of this verdict? are you surprised? >> no, not surprised at all. i mean he was convicted on several very serious charges and the one where he was not convicted of aiding the enemy-- although, clearly what he did aided the enemy-- the burden of proof on government was very high if to indicate that that was his intent. look, trials like this are s

press and even though bradley manning, private manning is not facing the charge, was not convicted of the charge of aiding the enemy, based on the 20 charges he was found guilty of, he whas 130 years of prison combined so this is not a significant finding against private manning. >> i think it's important to point out in the court marshals it's in two phases. we know the verdict. phase two begins tomorrow morning is his sentencing. i can't help but look at you. i'm thinking of his interview that i know you have on your show, i believe you're talking to the father of ed snowden today and that conversation, sort of omnipresent as we talk about bradley manning. granted, that would play out in a civilian courtroom if and when he ever returns to the united states, but it's sort of a pervasive theme, right? this idea of espionage and serious charges. >> the idea of individuals who are finding troubling what the u.s. government is doing, leaking the information to the press, leaking it to activists such as julian assange and wikileaks and facing the music. yeah, we will talk to lon snowde

serious chapter. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the national lead, private manning found not guilty of aiding the enemy but convicted of nearly everything else for the largest leak in u.s. history. is this a preview of things to come for that other famous leak source edward snowden? we'll ask our first guest about it, none other than edward snowden's father. in other national news, teachers will soon be packing heat when students at one arkansas high school return to class. will it make them any safer? and the money lead. double meat, double cheese, double our wages. thousands of fast food workers walk off the job demanding more money. would that spend the end of the dollar menu? >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm jake tapper. we begin with the national lead today. the 25-year-old army private bradley manning would spend the rest of his life behind bars but a military judge found him not guilty of aiding the enemy in the largest leak of classified intelligence in u.s. history. he already pleaded guilty to ten of the total counts he faced and he was convicted for most of the res

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: army private bradley manning was acquited on the most serious charge of "aiding the enemy," but convicted on multiple counts for violating the espionage act. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, manning could now face up to 136 years in prison for giving classified information to wikileaks. we examine the verdict and ask, did he get a fair trial? >> brown: then, a group of top doctors and scientists want to change the definition of cancer. we look at the recommendations on approaches to detection and treatment. >> ifill: an effort to take sexual assault cases in the military out of the chain of command is gaining support in the senate. judy woodruff talks to new york democrat kirsten gillibrand. >> we all agree that we have to do something about sexual assault and rape in the military and victims aren't democrats or republicans. they don't an ideology. victims' voices have to be heard. >> brown: parts of honduras have become overrun by violent drug gangs. we report o

your party nominated private bradley manning for the nobel peace prize now of course on paper at least he's a convicted criminal and you feel about that. you're quite upset and actually appalled by the fact that you slam on him one hundred thirty six years in prison for putting out in the public domain information that you truly belong there and also the fact let's not forget that nobody has been held accountable for the war crimes the whole world was unable to see depicted in the video collateral murder nobody has been other comparable or not except the whistleblower bradley manning you know that's absolutely outrageous ok so the sort of person most all this would say well what was the point that in the first place of doing it if no one is held accountable. well obviously there is still hope that somebody could be held accountable or not be as lee bradley manning could not know that he would be the only person so within justice and i find it very strange that even if you can actually see soldiers. shooting and killing a wanted person and nobody has been questioned so it's high time th

. >> some say if private manning can be convicted so should julian assange. that is what they are saying. assange's attorney and civil liberty groups fear the u.s. will prosecute assange as man's coconspirator. the father of nsa leaker edward snowden is thanking vladimir putin for keeping his son safe. he went on tv to say he is grateful for protecting edward. russia is considering edward snowden's request for temporary asylum. the younger snowden is charged with violating espionage laws. >>> president obama is making a trip to capitol hill to rally democrats ahead of the upcoming fall budget show down. president obama will urge democrats to stop republican attempts to make further cuts to the federal budget. by october 1st congress must agree on a stopgap measure to fund the government or face a shut down. today's meeting between the president and democrats comes just before congress begins a five-week summer recess. >>> a woman charged with defacing the washington national cathedral is attached to five other vandalism. that paint matches the kind found on the organ at the nation

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security and freedom of information. she found army private bradley manning guilty on 20 counts, including espionage, for leaking classified information to the website, wikileaks. but she found him not guilty on the most serious charge, aiding the enemy. manning worked as an intelligence analyst in baghdad. he handed over a trophy of documents, including diplomatic cables and battlefield videos to wiki leaks. it was the largest unauthorized release of classified data in u.s. history. wikileaks founder, julian assan assange, criticized the decision. >> it is a dangerous precedent and example of national security extremism. it is a short-sighted judgment that cannot be tolerate and had it must be reversed. it can can never be the conveying true information to the public is espionage. >> manning could face up to 136 years in military prison. local media say the judge will take up the question of sentencing later in the day. >>> italy's supreme court has started hearing a case which could endanger the country's shaky coalition government. former prime minister silvio berlusconi is a

trial of army private bradley manning who decided to not drop a charge that accuses the twenty five year old whistleblower of the enemy and he has pled guilty to ten lesser offenses but is still denied culpability for twelve more charges that he faces a guilty verdict of aiding the enemy could land manning a life sentence or even the death penalty or to his very own web producer andrew blake has been closely following the case and joins me now to break down the very latest hi andrew. so why wasn't this charge dismissed because i was under the impression that there was no proof that he actually did the enemy well what happened was you know this case is three and a half years at the making at this point almost and you know the government's long and saying ok manning you waited. the enemy because you want to wiki leaks you gave them files those files got the internet and then osama bin ladin dialed up his modem and got those papers and because of that we can send you away to prison and you seas for the rest of life and you left because a lot of people think that's kind of funny that by

today. i. have a military judge in the trial of army private bradley manning decided to not drop the charge that accuses the twenty five year old whistleblower of the enemy and he has pled guilty to ten lesser offenses but is still denied culpability for twelve more charges that he faces a guilty verdict of aiding the enemy could land manning a life sentence or even the death penalty or to its very own web producer andrew blake has been closely following the case and joins me now to break down the very latest hi andrew. so why wasn't this charge dismissed because i was under the impression that there was no proof that he actually the enemy well what happened was you know this case is three and a half years at the making at this point almost and you know the government's long been saying ok manning deleted the enemy because you want to wiki leaks you gave them files those files got on the internet and then osama bin ladin dialed up his modem and got those papers and because of that we can send you away to prison and you seas for the rest of life and you left because a lot people think