http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2012/01/investigator-urges-court-martial-for-wikileaks-suspect-110649.html
Investigator urges court martial for WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning An Army lawyer assigned to consider evidence that Pfc. Bradley Manning leaked thousands of military reports and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks has concluded that Manning should face a court martial on the charges, the Army announced Thursday. Lt. Col .Paul Almanza, who oversaw a weeklong hearing into the case last month, concluded that the proposed charges of aiding the enemy, releasing classified information without authority and other violations of military law "are in the proper form and that reasonable grounds exist to believe that the accused committed the offenses alleged," an Army statement said. It provided no other details on the contents of Almanza's report, which was not released. The most serious charge against Manning carries the potential death penalty, but prosecutors have said they will not seek a capital sentence in the case. Almanza appears to have endorsed proceeding with the case precisely as prosecutors submitted it. Almanza's report was sent on Thursday to Col. Carl Coffman, the commander of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, the military post to which Manning is officially assigned at the moment. However, Manning has been in military custody since he was arrested in May 2010 on suspicion of the massive data breach to WikiLeaks, a global transparency website. Since last spring, Manning has been at an Army-run prison at Fort Leavenworth, Ks. If Coffman agrees that a general court martial of Manning is warranted, Coffman will forward that recommendation to the commander of the Military District of Washington, Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington, who will make the final decision about how to proceed with the case. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345283 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
