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WIKILEAKS

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 23, 2013
Convicted leaker Manning says he's a woman, wants to be called Chelsea
U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning said Thursday that he will live as a woman and seek hormone replacement therapy while incarcerated, confronting the military prison system with a demand that has prompted state and federal institutions to reluctantly offer similar treatment to inmates.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2013
Why it was right to acquit Manning of treason
If U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning had been charged with treason, it would have elevated a reckless act into a brave choice of some ideological significance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 1, 2013
Where does Manning rank in the annals of espionage?
Cleared of the most serious charge — aiding and abetting the enemy — but convicted of most everything else, including espionage, Pfc. Bradley Manning is now facing sentencing, which could land him behind bars from roughly zero to more than 100 years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Jul 31, 2013
WikiLeaks' founder may be next target
The conviction of U.S. Army Pvt. Bradley Manning on espionage charges Tuesday makes it increasingly likely that the United States will prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a co-conspirator, according to his attorney and other civil liberties groups.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 19, 2013
Manning trial judge declines to dismiss key charge he 'aided the enemy'
A U.S. military judge on Thursday declined to dismiss a key charge against the army private responsible for the largest leak of classified material in American history, a decision with significant implications for the future publication of secret government material.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2013
Snowden assisted by WikiLeaks' 'gatekeeper'
He didn't have the space for it, but Gavin MacFadyen needed more bodies. The American running a British think tank for investigative journalism had eight employees crammed into a 4.5-by-3.5-meter office in east-central London, trying to crack a story on wrongdoing at a multinational company.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 13, 2013
Manning, Snowden share military background, tech savvy, disillusionment
In the span of three years, the United States has developed two gaping holes in its national security hull, punctures caused by leakers who worked at the lowest levels of the nation's intelligence ranks but gained access to large caches of classified material.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 4, 2013
Manning 'harvested' secret papers: prosecution
Opening the court-martial of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, a military prosecutor charged Monday that he "harvested" a massive trove of classified information from secure networks and made it available to America's enemies by dumping it onto the Internet.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2013
Standoff costs London police millions
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