USA: Bradley Manning acquitted of ‘aiding the enemy’

Headline Title:  USA: Bradley Manning acquitted of ‘aiding the enemy’ 30 July 2013 Despite the acquittal of Private Bradley Manning of the most serious “aiding the enemy” charge against him, today's verdict reveals the US government's misplaced priorities on national security by finding him guilty of a range of other charges, Amnesty International said.   “The government’s pursuit of the ‘aiding the enemy’ charge was a serious overreach of the law, not least because there was no credible evidence of Manning’s intent to harm the USA by releasing classified information to Wikileaks,”…

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