Hearing Held For Former Fort Drum Soldier Accused Of Leaking Info To WikiLeaksThe civilian attorney for Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private and former Fort Drum soldier accused of leaking classified information to the WikiLeaks website, has asked the presiding officer at his pretrial hearing to step down. Army Lt. Col. Paul Almanza called a recess 30 minutes into Friday's proceeding at Fort Meade to consider the request. Manning's lawyer David Coombs cited four reasons Almanza should recuse himself. Chief among them is Almanza's civilian occupation as a Justice Department prosecutor. The department is conducting a criminal investigation targeting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Almanza said he hasn't formed an opinion about Manning's guilt or innocence. The hearing is to determine whether Manning should be court-martialed. (The New York Times is reporting the Manning story in detail here.) |
Thursday, May 17, 2012
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