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US soldier Bradley Manning is escorted into court to receive his sentence at Fort Meade in Maryland August 21, 2013. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 21, 2013 | World

Fort Meade, AP—US soldier Bradley Manning was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for giving hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, the largest such leak in the country’s history. The...

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Private First Class Bradley Manning is escorted out of court after testifying in the sentencing phase of his military trial at Fort Meade, Maryland August 14, 2013. (REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan)

Manning tells court he’s ‘sorry’ for US secrets breach to WikiLeaks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 15, 2013 | World

Maryland, Reuters—US soldier Bradley Manning on Wednesday told a military court “I’m sorry” for giving war logs and diplomatic secrets to the WikiLeaks website three years ago, the biggest breach of classified data in the nation’s history....

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In this July 30, 2013 photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Bradley Manning: WikiLeaks case turns to sentencing

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 31, 2013 | World

United States, AP—Acquitted of the most serious charge against him, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning still faces up to 136 years in prison for leaking government secrets to the website WikiLeaks, and his fate rests with a judge who will begin hearing arguments Wednesday in...