uterus. wiki leaks has been in the news lately in light of the n.s.a. scandal and whistleblower chase about word snowden and now there's another unsettling revelation recently wired magazine exposed then eighteen year old ciggy thordarson is the first known f.b.i. informant inside wiki leaks reportedly turned over a trove of internal documents to the u.s. government in two thousand and eleven according to reports that he approached the federal agency to provide a multitude of intelligence about wiki leaks after working closely with the anti secrecy organization for over a year but what sig. he revealed could very likely seal an indictment against you in the sun so the d.o.j. has been conducting a secret investigation against wiki leaks for years and officials refused to deny that assad would be charged with espionage and extradited if he leaves the ecuadorian embassy so how much damage has this leak done well to talk about cities case earlier i spoke to tangerine bolen founder of revolution truth and a close affiliate of wiki leaks i first asked her what her reaction was to finding ou

you're gay or black or muslim or if you have a uterus. a wiki leaks has been in the news lately in light of the n.s.a. scandal and whistleblower chase the better word snowden and now there's another unsettling revelation recently wired magazine exposed then eighteen year old ciggy thordarson is the first known f.b.i. informant inside wiki leaks reportedly turned over a trove of internal documents. the u.s. government in two thousand and eleven according to reports city approached the federal agency to provide a multitude of intelligence about wiki leaks after working closely with the empty secrecy organization for over a year but what siggy revealed could very likely seal an indictment against you in the sun so the d.o.j. has been conducting a secret investigation against wiki leaks for years and officials refused to deny that a sondre be charged with espionage and extradited if he leaves the ecuadorian embassy so how much damage has this leak done well to talk about cities case earlier i spoke to tangerine bolen founder of revolution truth and a close affiliate of wiki leaks i fir

when he got to make that little connection with wiki leaks a few years back now aside from relief the only other emotion that was really prevailing here today was absolute frustration i'd be happy susan on behalf of the media dozens and dozens of members of the media the international media from around the world were here and for me this afternoon for the verdict yet when the verdict was announced the internet at the base died people were not allowed to have phones are not allowed to have wi-fi hotspots so pretty much any journalist who was here which aren't many but enough for today were unable to file reports in a timely matter kind of caused a really big. what have you over here at fort meade but this is about a trial that's been trotted in secrecy throughout for the last three years so. to say that it was unexpected would be a lie i suppose it's all right now andrew bradley manning was acquitted of the most serious charge like you said the aiding the enemy charge but he was found guilty of nineteen lesser charges you mentioned before but can you talk more about what those charges

wiki leaks according to the government manning should have known that by doing so al-qaeda would have seen the information they had testimony stating that some of the documents recovered from osama bin laden's compound in pakistan came from wiki leaks the testimony entered into the court also said this man adam gadahn a u.s. citizen turned out ok the operative used information and video obtained from wiki leaks in his propaganda videos but hard evidence was sparse the prosecution presented two tweets believed to be sent by wiki leaks the first asking for someone to leak military addresses the second claiming to have possession of a secret encrypted video of an airstrike in afghanistan also admitted as evidence of wiki leaks most wanted list of two thousand and nine a list that mapped out secret documents the whistle blowing website wanted to get ahold of the prosecution was trying to prove that manning was conspiring with julian assad to the founder of wiki leaks and an effort to get the documents on the internet but the defense pointed out that there is no proof manning ever saw the

wiki leaks spokesman not quite sure if he's on the line yet or not so waiting to be told the new circuit. comes of let me just sum up the verdict for you bradley manning been found not guilty of the most serious charge against him in the last sixty minutes of aiding the enemy that would have been punishable by life imprisonment manning still the faces over one hundred years in prison on nineteen counts as we've been saying the judge spent not very long at all five minutes reading the charges he's been convicted among other things we do know of five counts of espionage as well as theft and computer fraud is sentencing as garnett was saying there is due to begin wednesday morning we don't know how long that will be go on very much across the course with our correspondents there to remind you the background of bradley manning a twenty five year old from oklahoma home who enlisted in the u.s. army back in two thousand and seven two years later that he was deployed in iraq where he encountered that video footage showing u.s. forces killing unarmed civilians apparently mistaking them f

year old ciggy thordarson is the first known f.b.i. informant inside wiki leaks reportedly turned over a trove of internal documents to the u.s. government in two thousand and eleven according to reports city approached the federal agency to provide a multitude of intelligence about wiki leaks after working closely with the anti secrecy organization for over a year but what's. siggy revealed could very likely seal an indictment against the sun so the d.o.j. has been conducting a secret investigation against wiki leaks for years and officials refuse to deny that assad would be charged with espionage and extradited if he leaves the ecuadorian embassy so how much damage has this leak done well to talk about cities case earlier i spoke to tangerine bolen founder of revolution truth and a close affiliate of wiki leaks i first asked her what her reaction was to finding out city was an f.b.i. informant. well you know actually i was very surprised i had suspected for quite some time but it was also a seeing kind of same feeling i mean he's he's dangerous to this arena and i'm going to you

charges including aiding the enemy for his role in providing wiki leaks with internal state department and military documents and one day after attempting to have some of the most serious charges against bradley manning dismissed in only three days into their arguments the defense has now rested i spoke with our correspondent lizzie wall earlier from fort meade maryland with the latest on the trails new development i asked her first today's move by the defense came as a surprise that they had come as a surprise to have a happened at about two point five this afternoon after some of the most compelling testimony we have heard yet in this trial after that bradley manning the terror in a cold car that was resting his case that in fact is resting his case this is after just the third day of testimony and the defense phase of this case just had witnesses testified and that if that spray isn't. it's less than half of what we were expecting so a lot of big developments in this case family moving along much quicker than we thought what it would what is this compelling testimony that

seven hundred thousand diplomatic and military documents to the whistleblower web site wiki leaks let's take a look at how it all unfolded should we here we go ok as you can see on the screen bradley manning enlisted to the u.s. army in two thousand and seven and was deployed to iraq two years later while in service he exposed that collateral murder video we all remember at footage of the u.s. forces killing unarmed civilians in iraq baghdad. manning was arrested at the end of may twenty ten and presented with a list of charges for opening classified information to the public however publications continued to be released exposing america's wrongdoings in afghanistan and iraq along with his diplomatic cables then in march manning was accused of aiding the enemy the court martial proceedings against him began shortly after that with the u.n. saying that he was subject to cruel and inhumane treatment it was march the fifth twenty twelve jurors attention the high profile trial finally got underway in fort meade in maryland and is about roughly we think this government filed with the directo

reporters that he would absolutely consider granting snow lou snowden asylum wiki leaks announced today that snowden has applied for asylum in no fewer than twenty. one countries including some of the very countries that his n.s.a. documents prove the u.s. was spying on including austria for the latest on edward snowden's international flight i'm joined now by political commentator sam facts sam let's start with the latest what are we getting from these revelations these these rumors this is another bizarre twist to the story but it appears that the bolivian presidential plane is grounded in austria right now and it seems like france or portugal the that denied the plane air space believes that snowden may be on on board this plane i find it. very strange that france would take such a stand denying a plane belonging to a president of a country that you're not hostile you're an ally with into its airspace and let's say it was completely convinced that snowden was somehow on board and of course as you said there these these rumors are being denied snowden that from from bolivia are saying

facing twenty one charges including aiding the enemy for his role in providing wiki leaks with internal state department and military documents these documents show the afghan and iraq war logs as well as communications between state to state department employees all around the world and one day after attempting to have some of the most serious charges against bradley manning dismissed and only three days into their arguments the defense has now rested joining me now from fort meade maryland for the latest on the trial r.t. correspondent was wall. liz the defense rested its case does that come as a surprise. yes they did come as somewhat of a surprise after some of the most compelling testimony that we have heard this afternoon third day of the defense phase of the case bradley manning's attorney david told the court today that he is resting its case this is just after a hearing problem about had witnesses that's less than half of what we were exposed it's all happening very quickly big developments in this case today sam was what was the testimony in the courtroom today that l

. government wiki leaks announced today that snowden has applied for asylum in no fewer than twenty one countries including some of the very countries his in a say documents prove the u.s. was trying to spy on here's a look at those nations and how they are responding let's start with the countries who flat out said no or are unlikely to grant snowden's asylum bid austria ecuador iceland ireland italy the number ones norway spain and switzerland all said that he must be present on the country's soil in order to ask. for protection brazil won't respond finland hasn't process the request france said asylum is a non issue germany and poland said his argument isn't strong enough to be granted asylum india flat out said no and snowden withdrew his request from russia after president vladimir putin said he had to stop leaking documents in order to be considered now to the best of our knowledge bolivia and venezuela are the only countries to offer the former n.s.a. contractor a ray of hope meanwhile no information is coming out from china cuba or nicaragua in terms of the request or the go

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 a date of birth aliases they may have had biographical information organizations they may have been a

murder that manning leaked to the secrecy website wiki leaks he played some of the most graphic parts of this video and he said how would you how would a twenty one year old think when he sees this and he asked this question you have to or he stated you have to look at this through the eyes of a young man that cares about human life so very contrary to what the prosecution yesterday is saying that bradley manning and their words does not care about any human but himself a defense also disputed how the government portrays wiki leaks the. organization that manning leaked the information to the government said that this is a legitimate journalistic organization that's just trying to do good investigative journalism and that that they're not tied to terrorism and terrorist organizations like the government had said and now he said that this organization basically is just trying to do investigative journalism hold the government accountable and to tell the public the truth basically is what he said is really what wiki leaks is all about now today he also said that the forensics prove that

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 national security if they were released earlier this year we heard from many himself how he did it and why he did it he admitted guilt in releasing more than two hundred fifty thousand state department

ten times more civilian casualties than strikes by manned aircraft working links wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks as for the whistle blowing website that aims to expose the truth the u.s. has listed wiki leaks as an enemy of the state until the obama administration comes forward with a way to roll out open this into the national security debate there's going to be a problem of people trusting what the ministration is up to the american public has witnessed a top u.s. official lie about the nation's pervasive surveillance program and an n.s.a. contractor reveal the truth yet only one of those men is being punished and prosecuted for their actions and if people can't trust not only the executive branch but also don't trust congress and don't trust. federal judges to make sure that we're abiding by the constitution due process and rule of law then we're going to have some problems are. welcome to your problem is the president during a point i am artillery. meanwhile the race is on to be the next leader of the troubled torn country mali but the report the winner of this mo

cables that manning handed over to wiki leaks prosecutors could wrap up their case as soon as this afternoon and then it will be the defense's turn to represent bradley manning for more from fort meade maryland r t correspondent was wall. well today marks the fifth week of bradley manning's court martial here in fort meade maryland today the prosecution called their last witness to the stand before that we heard written testimony from commander yousef a bull on name he is an expert on islamic militants and considered an expert on al qaeda now he testified that al qaeda uses the internet to research potential targets and to gather intelligence he also said that al qaeda uses websites that were quote sympathetic to its goals we also heard what's called stipulations of fact we've heard these types of simulations throughout the trial now these are established facts agreed upon by both the prosecution and the defense the first that relation was in regards to adam gadahn he was in america and that eventually converted to islam and became an operative for al qaeda as a translator and cult

r.t. while the last line of defense for wiki leaks or bradley manning's legal team failed in court today military judge denise lynn dismissed the team's request to drop the most serious charge facing the army private first class that is the charge of aiding the enemy here's why she turned it down judge lynn says that manning's training that made him aware of the fact that terrorist organizations use the internet therefore he should have known that the seven hundred thousand military and diplomatic cables that he leads could end up in the hands of america's enemies so is this a preload to the ruling and what type of an example does it set for future trials against whistleblowers artie's those walls at for meat and she joins me now with the latest hi there live is how about this is this a very big blow to the defense's case at this point. well it certainly is a big disappointment to the defense's case magen as you said the judge today did not dismiss that charge that charge of aiding in the enemy that is the most serious charge that bradley manning faces so as of now the possibility

coming up on r t a judge makes a major ruling in the bradley manning trial will the wiki leak or face the aiding the enemy charge we'll have a report from fort meade just ahead a lawsuit against a key provision in the india a has been thrown out there are fears that the provision allowing the detainment of anyone anywhere suspected of helping terrorists more in this court case coming up. and it's thursday so it's time for the tech reporter though that i can promise is less time in purgatory if you follow the pope's twitter is that really the case we'll talk more about that in tonight's tech report. it's thursday july eighteenth eight pm in washington d.c. and i'm meghan lopez and you are watching our t.v. while the last line of defense for wiki leaks or bradley manning's legal team failed in court today military judge denise dillon dismissed the team's request to drop the most serious charge facing the army private first class the charge of aiding the enemy and here's why she turned it down george allen says that manning's training made him aware of the fact that terrorist organi

related to giving secret documents to wiki leaks the prosecution says that it was done with malicious intent and that it greatly harmed u.s. national security but denver next who has written a book about manning says that there's been no proof of that there's no hard evidence that i've ever seen that american lives were lost the direct result of a bradley manning late there's no question that the army is over charged in this case that he does not deserve to be executed or stay there right the rest of his life in prison bradley manning has offered to plead guilty basically to ten lesser charges that would lead him in prison for twenty years so that by the time he got out he would have spent almost half of his life in prison he would have been in prison august first long as he's been alive. today. manning was responsible for the largest leak of classified documents in u.s. history so let's take a look now at how the exposure of those seven hundred thousand cables actually came about when manning had joined the army in two thousand and seven he was later deployed to iraq about

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 in pretrial detention up until earlier this year and he spent more than one thousand one hundred days in military custody now that the trial approaches a conclusion however manning's fate will for once be a little bit less undecided once the judge decides how many years he will have to spend in prison they'll finally have an answer. let's take a look at how the charges against bradley manning actually break down now the twenty five year old was acquitted of the most serious charge against him that of aiding the enemy which carried a potential life sentence but manning was convicted on six counts of violating the espionage act five counts of stealing government property there was also a computer fraud charge and other military infractions each of which carries a potential ten year jail term now as we heard earlier manning's sentencing hearing is set to begin at wednesday add up the host of charges ag

coming up on r t a judge makes a major ruling in the bradley manning trial will a wiki leak or face the aiding the enemy charge we'll have a report from fort meade just ahead of a lawsuit against a key provision in the indiait has been thrown out there are fears that the prison that the provision allows the detainment of anyone anywhere suspected of helping terrorists more of this court decision coming up. and the first week of ramadan in iraq has been that deadly insurgency and sectarian violence have created a sky rocketing death toll more on the chaos and goal thing iraq later in the show . it's thursday july eighteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t while the last line of defense for wiki leaks or bradley manning's legal team failed today in court military judge denise lynn dismissed the team's request to drop the most serious charge facing the army private first class the charge of aiding the enemy here's why she turned it down george allen says that manning's terror training made him aware of the fact that terrorist organizations use the i

was wiki leaks got the stuff out scooped all these major media outlets right as the bush administration was ending and the war was still an issue and something that was raw the american psyche might be something different but we're short attention span people so three four five years later he's a traitor three four five years ago he might have been a hero the main narrative that the us government has put forward and it was effectively delivered by the us media was that many revelations have endangered us national security but the conversation that's been avoided is that perhaps the government's killing of civilians with drones and otherwise has generated more enemies for the united states then greatly manning's revelations in washington i'm going to check on. well money league some seven hundred thousand diplomatic and military documents to the whistleblower website wiki leaks let's take a look shall we how it all unfolded first off bradley manning enlisted in the u.s. army back in two thousand and seven he was deployed to iraq two years later while in service he exposed

coming up on our t.v. from the mouth of snowden himself wiki leaks releases a letter allegedly from the n.s.a. whistleblower what it says and what more we can expect from this man of mystery coming up and on the international front european union members are in disarray about the n.s.a. scandal the latest snowden document drop reveals that the agency intercepted information from the embassies of european allies more on this up ahead. millions of protesters fill up the streets of egypt demanding the resignation of president mohamed morsi and new elections more on the unrest in egypt and tonight show. it's monday july first eight pm in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you are watching r.t. well we begin tonight with a developing story out of russia the anti secrets web site wiki leaks has now released a letter that was allegedly written by edward snowden here's part of that letter the obama administration has now adopted the strategy of using citizenship as a weapon although i am convicted of nothing it has unilaterally revoked my passport leaving me a stateless person without any

of u.s. diplomatic kate. all revealed by wiki leaks in march manning was accused of aiding the enemy a charge that could ultimately keep him behind bars for life in the meantime wiki leaks continue publishing exposing documents about guantanamo bay detainees the court martial proceedings against him began shortly after that with a u.n. saying that he was subject to excessive isolation and cruel treatment during detention a judge did not allow the u.n. torture inspector to testify about high profile trial finally got under way and for me maryland and is expected to be completed today well let's bring in gavin mcfate again who is the director of the london based center for investigative journalism david thank you so much for devon sorry i think it's much for joining us here on our team to discuss this so manning is responsible for the largest exposé of the u.s. government in history what will be his punishment in your view will i suspect that the government is quote in a very difficult place they've invested a great deal in this prosecution they have every interest to prevent other wh

i would say that because i'm speaking to you from london wiki leaks they had a read of course britain did nothing for him even though they had threats from the united states i think and of course wiki leaks will be releasing a statement about snowden in the next few hours i think. some analysts might be saying that basically edward snowden is going to seek temporary asylum in russia and of course that would make region was very clear about. snowden's revelations not harming his friends the united states he will then go on to latin america what was shown by the grounding or the hijacking of evo morales his jet in european powers of the past weeks or so those events the other week is that snowden realize he just is not safe the united states president obama has shown that enemies of the state as he perceives it will either be detained tortured in the case of bradley manning or killed in the case of drone strikes and so snowden obviously realizing that great danger decided to him to invite these thirteen human rights groups to the airport for this quite unprecedented. meeting hea

anything about it and wiki leaks of course had that treat where they said that michael had contacted them regarding the investigation being done on him i want to read it says michael hastings contacted wiki leaks lawyer jennifer robinson just a few hours before he died saying that the f.b.i. was investigating him joe did he ever talk to you about this and has there been any follow up with wiki leaks that you know of to find out what they know. so i'm not sure about that i do know he contacted a lawyer and i know it's not a wiki leaks lawyer so that whole thing i'm still trying to figure out myself. the chance to speak to kimberly dark national security and foreign policy correspondent based in san diego has been conducting a very thorough investigation into michael's death evers' ask him really what drove her to look deeper into the matter. there you know kind of sitting on the news i mean i think it should quit a lot of journalists to see that this is happening i actually sat on this story for a good couple of weeks before it just kept bugging me kept nibbling at my my mind thinking

anything about it and wiki leaks of course had that treat where they said that michael had contacted them regarding the investigation being done on him i want to read it says michael hastings contacted wiki leaks lawyer jennifer robinson just a few hours before he died saying that the f.b.i. was investigating him joe did he ever talk to you about this and has there been any follow up with wiki leaks that you know of to find out what they know. so i'm not sure about that i do know he contacted a lawyer and i know it's not a wiki leaks lawyer so that whole thing i'm still trying to figure out myself. the chance to speak to kimberly darr national security and foreign policy correspondent based in san diego has been conducting a very thorough investigation into michael's death evers ask him really what drove her to look deeper into the matter. there you know kind of sitting on the news i mean i think it should qualify journalists to see the visit have and actually sat on the story for a good couple of weeks before it just kept bugging me nibbling at my my mind thinking hey you need to go

wiki leaks there it is right there showing u.s. forces killing civilians in iraq that manning had told a hacker about his leaks who later handed their child logs over to the government as a result manning was arrested and charged for revealing that classified information the afghan war diary was released shortly after that with manning moved to solitary confinement in a maximum security u.s. prison more revelations about what the u.s. did during the iraq war along with a series of diplomatic cables within revealed by. wiki leaks in march the extent of the charges became known manning was accused of aiding the enemy and weaken leaks had released the documents about guantanamo bay prisoners and all those revelations earned manning a noble peace prize nomination the court martial proceedings against him began shortly after that with the u.n. saying that he was subject to excessive on his elation and cruel treatment during his attention now a judge did not allow the u.n. torture inspector to testify and that that trial the high profile case actually got under way in fort meade marylan

washington. army judge denise lend her closing arguments today in the case against wiki leaks or bradley manning the twenty five year old army private first class faces twenty one charges for leaking some seven hundred thousand military diplomatic and diplomatic cables to the world the most serious charge manning faces is aiding the enemy which could result in a life sentence the prosecution spent its final moments trying to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that manning leaked those documents knowing that they could end up in the hands of al qaeda or other terrorist organizations meanwhile defense lawyer david coombs is expected to portray manning as well meaning but naive for the very latest from fort meade r.t. correspondent liz wall. after nearly two months of trial we hear closing arguments today in the court martial of private first class bradley manning today the prosecution said manning recklessly leaked the documents put national security at risk when he did it and put american lives in danger the prosecution kicked off their closing arguments today by saying quote the only human

was released by wiki leaks showing u.s. forces killing civilians in iraq there's that video right there he later told a hacker about his leaks who gave the chat logs to the government as a result manning was arrested and charged the afghan war diary was released with manning moved to solitary confinement in the u.s. more revelations about the iraq war and a series of u.s. diplomatic cables that followed in march the extent of the charges were actually revealed wiki leaks have released documents about guantanamo bay prisoners now all of these rebel. had earned manning a nobel peace prize nomination meanwhile the court martial proceedings against him began shortly after that with the u.n. saying that he was subject to excessive isolation and cruel treatment during his detention a judge did not allow the u.n. torture inspector however to testify now more information about manning's treatment later in march the high profile trial finally got underway in fort meade maryland which is more important iowa wants to find out how americans feel about manning and what he did at fort meade mar

novell nice party received money then from the american state as wiki leaks showed not so long ago it even goes quite central and of ali is being portrayed by the international media as a spear hand of russia's liberal opposition but as marx the bold and sociology researcher at moscow state university explains some of his radical beliefs are glossed over. i think that russia are actually paying attention to some of the particulars of the case and they are familiar with of all me is a political figure in quite a different way than he is conceived of in the west and the west of all the is is presented as a poster boy for a liberal opposition and he's a commonly referred to as the most popular leader of the liberal opposition and a potential threat to president putin the facts on the ground really don't lay this out russians really aren't that interested in in the type the brand of politics that he's selling them and that's because what is often on presented in the west is not only holds what could be considered in the west as quite extreme ethnic nationalist racist xeno phobic views

evacuation of the area. and wiki leaks files twenty one questions on behalf of edward snowden the surveillance whistleblower whose month of leaks has left many nations either fearful or reluctant to get involved. and president obama deals with european outrage over america's spying on politicians on citizens saying the tactic is nothing new and everybody's doing. and egypt's president mohamed morsi takes fire from all directions takes the side of the government protesters and several ministers resigned in solidarity with the opposition. live from moscow with me thank you for joining us this morning straight to our breaking news for you this hour an unmanned russian space rocket has crashed just seconds after launch it was carrying three satellites meant for russia's global navigation system within a quarter of an hour brings us the details here live on the program good morning to you may do you know. exactly what happened well it was quite a shocking morning for those at the bike nor baikonur cosmodrome and as you can see here. now a russian project on rockets which was care. thre

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 in pretrial detention up until earlier this year having spent more than one thousand one hundred days in military custody now that the trial approaches a conclusion however manning's fate will for once be a little bit less undecided once the judge decides how many years he will have to spend in prison they'll finally have an answer. we've been talking about the verdict but i want to take a closer look at how those charges against bradley manning actually break down so let's get to it the twenty five year old was acquitted of the most serious charge against him that of aiding the enemy which had carried a potential life sentence but the army private was convicted on fifteen counts of espionage and theft of government property charges there's also a computer fraud charge along with similar infractions now manning that manning committed pardon me while in the military so if you add it all up that he could face up to on