Defense to start in WikiLeaks case

 

The defense of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the man accused of leaking classified documents to the WikiLeaks website, will begin Wednesday.

Manning's attorneys plan to call three witnesses in a hearing to determine if he will face a full military court-martial.

Manning is accused of stealing and leaking more than a quarter of a million classified documents from the State Department and the Defense Department, the biggest intelligence leak in U.S. history.

In earlier testimony, the prosecution called witnesses that characterized Manning as being troubled by Army discipline and that he allegedly bragged on the Internet about the leak of classified documents.

Army investigators also testified that they found evidence linking Manning to the leaked documents on computers used by Manning.

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