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Bradley Manning Tells Court Public Have the Right to Know About US War Crimes

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Department of Army Photo of Private First Class Bradley Manning

THE REAL NEWS RATNER: {0:55} “Bradley Manning’s lawyer and Bradley had decided to plead guilty to certain of the charges, but really lesser included charges, not the top charges of espionage and aiding the enemy and all of that.” {1:38} “Bradley Manning pleaded guilty to many of the distribution or the transferring of documents to …

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Bradley Manning 1000 Days in Jail and more Government Crackdown on Transparency

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Department of Army Photo of Private First Class Bradley Manning

THE REAL NEWS Worldwide support for Manning as trial of alleged Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond takes bizarre twist QUOTES: RATNER: “[Bradley Manning] has now been in pretrial detention, as we’re speaking, 1,003 days. It’s a big anniversary. That means he has been in detention almost three years without a trial. He’s not been convicted of …

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