hong kong some are even going so far as to compare snowden's actions with those of private first class bradley manning the man behind the biggest document in american history r.t. correspondent margaret howell takes a critical look at these comparisons to see if they hold water. and as the whistleblower edward snowden and wiki leaks source bradley manning both release classified information exposing the us government secrets but if they do the same thing will and comparing whistleblowers private bradley manning an x. booz allen hamilton employ edward snowden the two have a lot in common these two men are similar in superficial ways their age middle class backgrounds but let's go below the surface the most crucial similarity both experienced a catalyst moment that led to their decisions to expose secrets similarity number one they both had a turning point these moments in each of their lives that led to their decisions to leak classified information snowden said that watching the cia operate when posted in geneva made him wary that the clandestine organization was working towards the public good he spe

meanwhile hundreds of manning supporters have been demonstrating all weekend in defense of the private first class members of the bradley manning support network marched to fort meade on saturday to demand his release the man behind the pentagon papers like daniel ellsberg was present at that march and so was our team's very own loz wall she followed the protesters tracks to bring us this report. yes. supporters of bradley manning march in solidarity chanting carrying signs calling for his freedom but pretty badly the twenty five year old army private admitted to leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks the prosecution accuses him of aiding the enemy for putting the information on the internet for everyone including terrorists to see and the three years since bradley manning's arrest there have been a number of protests held in his support today as one of the largest we've seen so far it's one of many protests happening across the country and across the globe it's just two days before his trial is set to kick off hundreds here and court meade maryland calling for his freedom he boldly stood up

government versus private first class bradley manning what is his trial all about protecting state and military secrets for a show trial scapegoating one individual does this trial send a chilling warning to would be whistleblowers and to journalists and what does aiding the enemy mean in the age of the internet. to cross-talk the bradley manning trial i'm joined by my guests in washington barry he is the washington d.c. director of code pink and we also have david sheldon he is an expert in military law all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it tell you if i can go to you first as this trial started we knew bradley manning is going to sort of at least twenty years in prison so what's the point of all these other charges twenty years is a long time. well i think the government is trying to scapegoat bradley manning trying to get more time out of this they're looking to get a life sentence i'm sure that they're not going to try and kill bradley manning but i think that the government is trying to send a chill a

was out for me today and earlier i asked her for the latest from the trial against private first class bradley manning. today focused around these two hundred fifty thousand diplomatic cables that were leaked to wiki leaks the prosecution has alleged that manning stole this information from a special database. and leaked it to wiki leaks manning admitted to leaking this information he that he says that he didn't steal it though we heard testimony from various state department official officials much of it was in the form of written testimony it's called a stipulation so it's basically testimony as if that person was present this is how this person would testify testimony that the prosecution and the defense agrees to they discussed at length this database called netcenter diplomacy where these cables that were taken from. what they found and interesting finding in the testimony today is that according to the testimony there was no proof that manning hacked no evidence that many actually hacked this database which is a big contrary to what the prosecution has alleged is liz was there any testimony that

the military trial in private first class bradley manning resumed today at fort meade maryland manning is accused of violating the espionage act and for aiding the enemy among other charges for releasing hundreds of thousands of documents to wiki leaks artie's list wall is like that for me today to bring us the latest from the fourth week of hearings in the trial against private first class bradley manning. high their lives so what happened today what's the latest there margaret hi there could you give us an update on the latest developments in the case. absolutely yet today focused around the two hundred fifty thousand diplomatic cables that were leaked to wiki leaks the prosecution has alleged that manning stole this information from a special database. and leaked it to wiki leaks manning admitted to leaking this information he says that he didn't steal it though we heard testimony from various state department of fish officials much of it was in the form of written testimony it's called stipulations so it's basically testimony as if that person was present this is how this person wo

well we begin this half hour with the trial from our army private first class bradley manning he's in fort meade maryland right now today's hearing resume just as the news broke of yet another whistle blower that was a blower has been identified as edward snowden but before we get to that story today the prosecution in the manning case was slated to focus on the specific video the private first class bradley manning had leaked to wiki leaks the video showed an airstrike that happened back in two thousand and nine in afghanistan at least twenty six civilians were killed in that attack however in reality the court spent the majority of this morning talking about computer forensics are to correspondent liz wahl joined me just minutes ago with the very latest information coming out from that trial take a look. pay their lives so what new information came out from court today. that's our bag and it is day four week two of the bradley manning trial here in fort meade maryland and today we heard testimony from a number of witnesses mostly in relation to computer forensic analysis first up on

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cracking down on the release of confidential documents the very latest in the trial of private first class bradley manning manning at the end of the fourth week of trial fans accused of violating the espionage act as well as giving aid and comfort to the enemy among other charges here you can see exclusive footage obtained by our t.v. of manning leaving the courtroom for after a day of court spinning allegedly leads hundreds of thousands of classified government cables to wiki leaks or to lose wall has been covering the trial from fort meade and brings us the latest. wrapping up the fourth week of bradley manning's trial we have heard some of the most compelling testimony we have heard yet throughout the month that this trial has been going on today colonel david miller took to the stand he was the commander of manning's unit in iraq and he spoke about the impact he believes these leaks had on the brigade and the prosecution asked what was his reaction when he found out that about these leaks and he said quote i was done the last thing i anticipated was an internal security breach from one of our own the

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court martial of court martial of first class private first class bradley manning was under way again today this morning prosecutors focus on evidence contradicting the government's claim that an iraq war video manning released to wiki leaks contained classified information are to correspondent liz wahl was at the proceeding in fort meade and brings us this wrap up. well the trial was on recess for much of today as the prosecution and defense worked on written testimony to be submitted to the court and we heard testimony from special agent mark manders the prosecution called into the dishpan to discuss two tweets that appear to be sent from the whistle blowing website wiki leaks one of them is requesting military addresses the other of it is looks like it's from the whistle blowing web site announcing that they have possession of a video a classified encrypted video now mander testified that he took a screenshot of these tweets and said he found them by doing a simple google search the defense then cross-examined had and questioned the authenticity of the tweet they say that there's r

the army private first class bradley manning, the former contract intelligence analyst edward snowdenformer cia case officer john kiriaku. say the administration is working against democracy these prosecutions. >> if you cut off the unauthorized channel, if you scare people so that there are only authorized leaks, it will really distorts the kind of information the public as an early interfere with the public's ability to change government policy if they disagree. --the latest target, marine retired marine corps general james cartwright. investigators want to know if he told the new york times about the worm that wreaked havoc on a rainy and computer facilities. he denies any wrongdoing. why would anyone do this? >> sometimes it will be to send a message to another country essentially a warning message of one kind or another or sometimes it will be to try to telegraph what our capabilities are so that future potential adversaries will be put on notice. >> experts say in washington, leaks can also be offical even if never proven. the white house has been accused of giving classified in

the military court martial against private first class bradley manning begins at a complicated time for the obama administration u.s. journalists have been spied on an unprecedented number of whistleblowers have been in prison and access to the truth many say grows increasingly harder by the day we have a severe problem with transparency and secrecy in this country that's for sure our problem is a cult of secrecy extreme levels of dystopian secrecy washington classified ninety two million documents in the year two thousand and eleven that's the last count we have to put things in perspective what bradley manning leaked is less than one percent of that the former army intelligence analyst has admitted to leaking hundreds of thousands of top secret military and diplomatic documents to the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks in february manning pleaded guilty to ten of the twenty two charges he faces the twenty five year old said he wanted the public to know how the u.s. military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan had little regard for human life it should be clear to anybody paying attenti

during opening statements each side painted drastically different pictures of private first class bradley manning. the defense says manning we leased information he believed the public should see but could not be used against the u.s. the prosecution says manning craved notoriety and put fellow soldiers at risk when he passed the classified information on to wikileaks. he's already pleaded guilty to ten charges that carry up to 20 years in prison. prosecutors are pushing ahead with more serious counts that could land manning in prison for life. >>> top military brass are set to testify today about how they'll curve the alarming number of sexual assaults among the ranks of american troops. among those set to testify before the senate arms services committee, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the heads of the four branches, all four have called the issue degrading. the air force chief of staff even saying, anybody in this air force that suffers this crime you can start by blaming me. i've let them down. a report on sexual assaults in the military showed a massive jump in estimated incid

government versus private first class bradley manning what is his trial all about protecting state and military secrets for a show trial scapegoating one individual does this trial send a chilling warning to would be whistleblowers and to journalists and what does aiding the enemy mean in the age of the internet. to cross out the bradley manning trial i'm joined by my guests in washington barry he is the washington d.c. director of code pink and we also have david sheldon he is an expert in military law all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage and tell you if i can go to you first as this trial started we knew bradley manning is going to sort of it least twenty years in prison so what's the point of all these other charges twenty years is a long time. well i think the government is trying to scapegoat bradley manning trying to get more time out of this they're looking to get a life sentence i'm sure that they're not going to try and kill bradley manning but i think that the government is trying to send a chill

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