Intelligence Analyst Charged With Leaking Video Of Attack

July 07 2010

USA

An Army intelligence analyst has been formally charged with leaking a controversial video to the WikiLeaks website and downloading and transferring classified State Dept. cables, the Washington Post reports.

Pfc. Bradley Manning, 22, was detained in May after the website publicly released the video. The footage shows several Iraqi civilians being killed by a U.S. strike in 2007.

Manning faces two charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the first encompassing four...

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