A U.S. Army intelligence analyst suspected of leaking videos and documents to Wikileaks was charged Monday with eight violations of federal criminal law, including unauthorizedcomputer access, and a single count oftransmittingclassified information to an unauthorized third party inviolationof the Espionage Act.
Pfc. Bradley Manning, 22, was charged under the Universal Code of Military Justice with two violations encompassing the eight alleged criminal offenses, and two non-criminalviolationsof Army regulations governing the handling of classified information and computers.
According to the charge sheet, Manning downloaded a classified video of a military operation in Iraq and transmitted it to a third-party, inviolationof the Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. 793(e), which involves passing classified information to an uncleared third-party, but not a foreign government.
The remaining criminal charges are for allegedly abusing access to a Secret-level SIPR networkto obtain over 150,000 classified U.S. State Department cables, as well as an unspecified classified Powerpoint presentation. He’s also accused of uploading unauthorized software to the SIPR network, which is used by Departments of State and Defense.
Charge Sheet Redacted) – Manning
See also:
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- I Cant Believe What Im Confessing to You: The Wikileaks Chats
- State Department Anxious About Possible Leak of Cables to Wikileaks
- U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe
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