Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was found not guilty of ‘aiding the enemy’ today, but was found guilty of most of the other 20 offenses for which he was charged. The sentencing phase will begin tomorrow.
From FOX News:
The U.S. Army soldier charged with providing troves of government documents to the whistleblowing website Wikileaks was found not guilty Tuesday of aiding the enemy, the top charge in his 21-count indictment, which could have carried a life sentence.Prosecutors had to prove Army Pfc. Bradley Manning had “a general evil intent” and knew the classified material would be seen by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. Legal experts said an aiding-the- enemy conviction could set a precedent because Manning did not directly give the classified material to Al Qaeda.Manning was convicted of five espionage counts, five theft charges, a computer fraud charge and other military infractions. His sentencing is scheduled for Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.
Independent journalist Alexa O’Brien (disclosure – she is a Manning supporter), who has long covered the Manning case and maintains an archives of all of the case transcripts, provides the most complete breakdown of the list of counts/charges and those to which Manning had already pled guilty. I encourage you to review her complete post if you want to understand all the charges.
O’Brien was there on site in MD today for the reading of the verdict and tweeted it out today, one charge at a time; I compiled them here:
Aiding the Enemy— NOT GUILTY
Spec 1, Charge II Wanton Pub. Guilty
Spec II, Charge II Guilty to his LIO plea for 793(e) Collateral Murder
Spec 3, Charge II CIA Red Cell Memo 793(e) GUILTY (10 years MAX)
Spec 4, Charge II Iraq War Logs Database 641 GUILTY (10 years MAX)
Spec 5, Charge II Iraq War Logs Espionage 793(e) GUILTY (10 years)
Spec 6, Charge II Afghan War Diray Database 641 GUILTY (10 years)
Spec 7, Charge II Afghan War Diary Espionage 793(e) GUILTY (10 Years MAX)
Spec 8, Charge II GTMO Files Database 641 GUILTY (10 Years MAX)
Spec 9, Charge II GTMO File 793(e) Espionage GUILTY (10 Years MAX)
Spec 10, Charge II Farah Records 793(e) GUILTY (10 Years Max)
Spec 11, Charge II Garani Video 793(e) NOT GUILTY
Spec 12, Charge II Cablegate database 641 GUILTY (10 Years MAX)
Spec 13, Charge II Cablegate CFAA Exceed Auth Access GUILTY (10 Years)
Spec 14, Charge II Reykjavik 13 GUILTY to his LIO (‘knowingly accessing’) (2 years MAX)
Spec 15, Charge II USACIC Memo on WikiLeaks 793(e) GUILTY (10 tears MAX)
Spec 16, Charge II Microsoft Exchange GAL 641 GUILTY (10 Years MAX)
Charge III (Article 92) Spec 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 GUILTY (2 years MAX each, TOTAL MAX 10 years)
Spec 1, Charge II Wanton Publication (Which #Manning was found guilty of is 2 years MAX– see below)
Spec 2, Charge II Guilty to his LIO plea for 793(e) Collateral Murder <– See below this is 2 years MAX)
Manning faces 136 year MAX punishment on the crimes he was found GUILTY– sentencing begins tomorrow.
O’Brien also has this breakdown below of the counts/charges posted at her blog.
Military prosecutors charged Private First Class Bradley Manning on March 1, 2011 with violating three Articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (U.C.M.J):
The 16 separate offenses under Charge II General Article 134 include:
The five separate offenses of Charge III Article 92 or a ‘failure to obey order or regulation’ include:
Lastly, she tweeted out this helpful graphic that displays the charges, common reference for those charges, federal violation, how Manning pled, max punishment, and ruling on each in one simple chart.
I’ll have more once I’ve had a chance to fully digest the verdict. As readers know, I am covering for the blog while Prof’s away, so I will try to write a more thoughtful post on this as soon as I have some more time.
For previous coverage of the Bradley Manning trial at Legal Insurrection, click here.
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