U.S. soldier (PFC. BRADLEY MANNING, AN AMERICAN HERO) linked to Wikileaks video of Iraq attack is charged 6JUL10

IF we had more like PFc Bradley Manning maybe we would be doing more to get our troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan. He is an American hero, not a criminal. The real war criminals, those guilty of war crimes like george w bush and dick cheney and their cabal from the pentagon and state department and cia and fbi remain free. Still even they know they will have to answer to the ultimate authority for their war crimes and crimes against humanity.
 
BAGHDAD -- An Army intelligence analyst has been charged in connection with the leak of a controversial video of a U.S. helicopter strike and the transfer of more than 50 classified State Department cables, the military said Tuesday.
Pfc. Bradley Manning, 22, was detained in Kuwait in May after Wikileaks, a whistleblower Web site, released the video, which it titled "Collateral Murder." The footage, taken by cameras on U.S. Apache helicopters, shows several civilians, including two Reuters news agency employees, being killed in a U.S. strike in July 2007.
Manning faces two charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The first encompasses four counts of violating Army regulations by transferring classified information to his personal computer between November and May and adding unauthorized software to a classified computer system. The second comprises eight counts of violating federal laws governing the handling of classified information.
Among the materials Manning is accused of transmitting to "a person not entitled to receive them" are the video and more than 50 classified diplomatic cables. According to the charge sheet, he allegedly downloaded more than 150,000 cables in all.
Manning was arrested and taken to Kuwait after a hacker turned him in following Internet chats in which Manning said he had given Wikileaks.org classified information, including hundreds of thousands of State Department cables. The Web site said it does not ask sources to identify themselves.
Manning is represented by a lawyer with the Judge Advocate General's Corps, Capt. Paul Bouchard. According to an Army spokesman, he has not retained a civilian lawyer.
Last month, Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, said he was concerned about Manning's detention and his lack of access to a non-military lawyer.
The military said in a statement that the investigation remains open. An officer will be appointed to oversee an Article 32 investigation, similar to a grand jury hearing, the statement said. After that, the military will determine whether to "refer the case to trial by court-martial," the statement said.