. >> suarez: we update the case against army private bradley manning, accused of leaking thousands of classified military documents online. >> that has are messages that came out from bin laden asking for specific documents that were released. specifically documents regarding it will war logs of iraq and afghanistan. >> brown: from india, fred de sam lazaro has the story of an unlikely solution to massive black-outs and power-grid problems, using the by-product of a staple. >> the newly electrified homes stand out in the dark-with children clustered around the single light bulb doing home work. just one, low power turbine is enough to make the enterprise viable. >> suarez: and we remember pauline phillips whose "dear abby" column offered straight- talking but sympathetic advice about love and life to readers around the globe. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and

i think what they discovered on bradley manning's computer was that the address of these chats , manning had, in his address book, it indicated that one of these addresses was that of julian assange. >> have you been subpoenaed in any way for the interview that you have done? >> no. >> ultimately, what did you learn, what were you most surprised by doing this documentary? >> that is a good question. in a way, i came into the story thinking of that this was about this machine, a leaking machine, this ability to post things all over the world on mirror sites that cannot be taken down. that is a more important innovation. the drop box was not that important. ultimately, this is a story about people. this whole process of leaking, moral decisions that have been made of what should be secret and what should not, have been made by often noble, sometimes flawed figures. i think the story has been misperceived as a story of political stick figures, whereas it is a human story that should be seen as that. the other thing is the way in which we are all trying to understand what happens on the inte

. >> suarez: we update the case against army private bradley manning, accused of leaking thousands of classified military documents online. >> that has are messages that came out from bin laden asking for specific documents that were released. specifically documents regarding it will war logs of iraq and afghanistan. >> brown: from india, fred de sam lazaro has the story of an unlikely solution to massive black-outs and power-grid problems, using the by-product of a staple. >> the newly electrified homes stand out in the dark-with children clustered around the single light bulb doing home work. just one, low power turbine is enough to make the enterprise viable. >> suarez: and we remember pauline phillips whose "dear abby" column offered straight- talking but sympathetic advice about love and life to readers around the globe. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, an

accuse wiki leaks or whistleblower accuse wiki leaks whistleblower excuse me bradley manning is back in court this week the former army private is accused of the biggest classified document breach in u.s. history among the slew of charges manning faces is aiding the enemy today the big question debated can giving classified information to wiki leaks or the media in general be considered aiding terrorists prosecutors in this case say yes but the defense says that's not the case. because the sensitive information isn't being handed over to al qaeda members directly for more i'm joined by retired colonel morris davis a professor now at the howard university school of law welcome colonel so if convicted of aiding the enemy the most serious charge that manning faces he could face life behind bars he is accused of giving classified information to wiki leaks is it a stretch to say that doing that action can be considered aiding the enemy helping terrorists. it would really depend on the nature of the documents and to be honest i haven't gone to wiki leaks to to look at all the documents but

the fact that bradley manning may have leaked these documents in order to do the right thing.t doesn't matter. what matters is was he guilty of the crime on the merits? so that was a significant victory for the prosecution. that can't be entered into evidence. >> reporter: what about the defense. anything that worked in their favor over the past few weeks. >> not an awful lot, there have been a couple places where they have been given ground which i think they can take heart in. one is that they will be able to introduce evidence that bradley manning was selected by the information that he leaked, that he specifically tried not to leak information that would damage national security the other is the prosecution has to prove that that bradley manning not only was providing information he knew would get to the enemy-- meaning al qaeda-- just leaking to wikileaks wasn't enough. that he knew the information would get into al qaeda's hands. >> brown: i've been seeing reports that the prosecution will try to prevent is that some of this information was on osama bin laden's computer

bradley manning have private bradley manning accused of sharing classified u.s. army files with a whistle blowing web site we can leaks will get one hundred twelve days cut from his vandal sends the victory for his to fans team comes after a judge ruled that manning's nine months in prison amounted to free trial punishment and was excessively harsh retired colonel morris davis told us the military is just trying to spare its blushes. now think the government here is overplayed their hand if you recall when the wiki leaks documents were going to come out it reminded me of the y2k scare everybody kind of braced and expected the worst and then when it came out not much happened and i think that the government really overplayed this i'm not aware of there being anything more than embarrassment that has been caused by the wiki leaks documents there been any operations that have been compromised or any individuals harmed i'm not aware of it but it certainly seems at this point this is more of a case of embarrassment than actual harm it seems to be that they're good lea

eight months bradley manning spent behind bars he was in solitary confinement. you know the government possibly trying to get information out of him he was treated not just by you know people who support him but also the un special rapporteur on torture even said this is you know what he what he went through is torture so yesterday there was an interesting development the judge to an extent agreed with that sentiment talk a little bit about that yes so the judge reduce the sentence by hundred twenty two hundred twelve days excuse me which the future sent. right but we don't know what that is you could still face life in prison without parole so what would that mean his life in prison minus one hundred twelve days what that looks a lot and when i entered twelve days before he died. that's crazy i guess the thing just kind of give me your take on how you think this is going to play out in the future i know it was very hard to tell because people were so serious in court and sort of hard to to gain a read on people who were not expressing emotion right it was hard

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. >> julian assange, we are talking to you on the day that bradley manning is expected to testify. we heard publicly for the first time in over two years at fort meade. his lawyer has said he would plead guilty to certain charges, and that is releasing documents that he got in iraq on a computer to your organization, wikileaks, but refused to plead to others, like aiding the enemy. talk about bradley manning, and talk also -- if you could we get into why you're so concerned about being extradited to the united states. >> what is happening this week is not the trial of bradley manning. what is happening this week is the trial of the u.s. military. this is a friendly manning's abuse case. bradley manning was arrested in baghdad, stripped, held for two months in extremely adverse conditions in kuwait, shipped over to quantico, va., near the center of the u.s. intelligence complex, and held there for nine months, longer than any other prisoner in quantico's modern history. there he was subject to conditions that formally amounted to torture. there was a question about who authorized th

basically yesterday most significantly judge lindh ruled on bradley manning's article thirteen. basically the torture hearing and found that he was subject to unlawful pretrial confinement conditions but that nobody meant to do it or intended to do it and therefore he got a four month sentencing credit which may seem like a lot and it's probably the most in the history of article thirteen it's like there's going to be nothing compared to what he's facing. thank you so much for coming on breaking it down i really appreciate what you do just an erratic whistleblower and lawyer official john kiriakou thank you. for the last twelve years the u.s. has been embroiled in the global war on terror launching preemptive invasions of countries form drone assassination campaigns and here at home ramping up the police and surveillance state to seemingly no end much of the news is focused on countries in the middle east and it's no surprise when you consider that the government's perennial blacklist includes countries like iran sudan and syria but there's also one latin american country on the

a small victory will private bradley manning with a u.s. judge ruling any eventual sentence he may receive. hundred and twelve days the justification was the especially hans friedman to you received after being locked up for leaking classified information to weaken me but retired colonel morris davis says he sees a double standards here nonetheless now think the government here is overplayed their hand if you recall when the wiki leaks documents were going to come out it reminded me of the y2k scare everybody kind of braced and expected the worst and then when it came out not much happened and i think the government really overplayed this i'm not aware of there being anything more than embarrassment that has been caused by the wiki leaks documents there been any operations that have been compromised or any individuals harmed i'm not aware of it but it certainly seems at this point this is more of a case of embarrassment than actual harm it seems to be that they're good leaks and they're badly that you know when it helps make the administrat

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there it is some bargain with the story for a strip a locked up and kept quiet maybe go bradley manning with a ruling against the u.s. military over the harsh treatment of him while we report on claims of double standards towards whistleblower. britain's famers welfare system is going through to the mill with parliament to rubber stamping and cap on benefit drivers the justification is the exorbitant cost of handouts and abuse by many on benefits but figures show that by far the hardest hit will be low income low income workers archies laura smith picks up the story. members of parliament has voted in favor of this bill which would have a one percent cap on benefits welfare benefits ministers say this cap is needed because the state handouts have been rising twice as fast as pay as in pay in recent years this bill will now go through to further reading so it's not passed yet but we can expect significant changes to the welfare budget in the years to come it's all about this kind of what we've seen in recent weeks this this strivers versus scalia versus thing where the government says it

well begin with the developing story accused whistleblower bradley manning is back in court this week the former army private accused of the biggest classified document breach in u.s. history among the slew of charges manning is facing is aiding the enemy and just moments ago the military judge presided over the case the judge agreed to take a hundred twelve days off manning's eventual sentence this is on grounds of manning was subjected to unlawful pretrial punishment today the big question debated can giving classified information to wiki leaks or the media in general be considered aiding terrorists prosecutors in this case say yes but the defense says that's not the case because the sensitive information isn't being handed over to al qaeda members directly from marti let producer andrew blake joined us earlier he's been following the case very closely and brought us the latest on the judge's ruling colonel denise lind who's been presiding over these pretrial motion hearings for the last few months she finally gave her decision in regards to whether or not p.f.c. manning is going to

i'm liz wall and you're watching r t o begin with a developing story accused whistleblower bradley manning is back in court this week the former army private is accused of the biggest classified document root in u.s. history among the slew of charges man manning faces aiding the enemy and just moments ago the military judge presiding over the case agreed to take one hundred twelve days off manning's eventual sentence this is on grounds manning was subjected to on lawful pretrial punishment today the big question debated can giving classified information to wiki leaks or the media in general be considered aiding terrorists prosecution the prosecution in this case. that's not the case because the sensitive information isn't being handed over. specifically because of the treatment he was subjected to while he was at the military brig in quantico virginia for around eight or nine months going from two thousand and ten and to two thousand and eleven when when manning was picked up in baghdad i believe back in may two thousand and ten he was taken to kuwait and then brought to quantico and it wa

it brings you to the question of why did the system some come down so hard on him and bradley manning, who is a different case because he is under the uniform code of military justice, and i think the profound point here is that internet hacker activists and dissidents are able to act on their disent in this way that other activists can't, right? i -- if you don't want carbon to be emitted, you can't just shut down power plants, right? but if you think that the j-store article should be accessible to the public, you, 26-year-old kid with some chops as a computer programmer -- >> 26-year-old. >> can go in and grab them and maybe put them up, or you a private first class in iraq who thinks these secrets should be out there, can grab those documents off the internet and give them. there is a power that's invested in these specific kind of dissident that is have this technical knowledge that is terrifying, i think, to the powers that be, and not for a ridiculous reason. there is really something that is a real challenge to authority about that. >> and, ben, when we talk about how zealous

weaken leaks is found guilty to half his sentence reduced job made the ruling because private bradley manning suffered harsh treatment in detention morris davis a former chief prosecutor out guantanamo prison believes that for the u.s. the case is a huge embarrassment. i think the government here is overplayed their hand if you recall when the wiki leaks documents were going to come out it reminded me of the y2k scare everybody kind of braced and expected the worst and then when it came out not much happened and i think that the government really overplayed this i'm not aware of there being anything more than embarrassment right that has been caused by the wiki leaks documents there been any operations that have been compromised or any individuals harmed i'm not aware of it but it certainly seems at this point this is more of a case of embarrassment than actual harm it seems to be that they're good leaks and they're badly that you know when it helps make the administration look good in a leak is ok when it's an embarrassment like it is with bradley manning then the new it's a capital offense

as you probably noticed i like to make regular updates in the case of private first class bradley manning that they gave us on a disappointing note of the army judge ruled that manning will only get a mere one hundred twelve a reduction to his overall sentence if convicted in the charge of aiding the enemy through the disclosure of government documents or wiki leaks could still land manning a life sentence in military prison as trials finally scheduled for june third of this year by which point you have been imprisoned pretrial without charges for a total of one thousand one hundred and one day so help me talk about the latest on the man interim joined now by journalist and legal researcher a look so brian has been live tweeting on the pretrial hearings for me thank you so much for coming on taking time out of the day to come thanks for asking so let's talk about the hearings i know last time you were here and it was right after kind of the new york times and. to the network for saying you're not covering this enough what has the media presence increased at all set the stage for a rolling

happened here with aaron swartz and also the treatment of the alleged we can take some form of bradley manning by the u.s. government what have they. well they're both similar both of these individuals believe that information should be made available that that knowledge is power and you know and in chats that people have widely talked about bradley manning talks about how this should be out there for people to have worldwide discussions. now on this case short says some buddy who had this inclination that information is power and that you shouldn't be able to treat it just as a commodity that copyright hawke's shouldn't just be able to keep this information guarded if if it's available to the world then everyone could be a lot smarter so do you believe there is a situation where material should be restricted or protected or do you think that all the source material whatever it is should be available to everyone because it is on the internet. well i think it depends on a an occasion by case basis but in both of these instances there is is quite an argument to be made that the information that

make the administration look good on a leak is ok when it's an embarrassment like it is with bradley manning then you know it's a capital offense. now is a look at some other stories from around the world. as has expressed concern over the possibility the u.k. could leave the you were keen union the state department said they have a growing relationship with the e.u. and would like to see them continue having a strong voice within the organization these statements come as u.k. prime minister david cameron prepares to make a speech on the future of european policy later this month where he's facing domestic pressure from conservative m.p.'s to commit to refer and on whether or not the u.k. should remain part of the blog. at least nine people have been killed in a series of attacks across iraq a car bomb in baghdad has left at least three people dead and wounded eleven while a series of separate shootings of bombings in the diyala province claimed six more lives the victims included in our you officer who was gunned down inside his house and two guards who were killed in bomb blast while it's

citizens we've got bradley manning being held without charge. how would you define tyranny in america alex jones we are now seeing highway checkpoints without warrants quote looking for a gang members where they search your vehicle whether you're for gun control or not they know the federal government announcing we're just going to put pressure and muscle and threats on gun dealers and manufacturers outside of law we are seeing just situations where taxes in some cases are being doubled or tripled we're seeing taxes increased on poor people we're seeing the ultra rich basically exempt did i mention you know all of the warrantless wiretapping by the n.s.a. the t.s.a. sticking their hands down our pants now the police courts have ruled can tell us are you to make you answer questions there is no more fifth amendment i mean it is insane if you read a dystopic novel or if you go look at what does topix real countries have done like nazi germany or other cases america is rapidly becoming that and then some but you kind of parallel systems you still h

we bring more information and that was on bradley manning's case on our website at our dog com here's our comment section to let us know what you think also. we've got the story of a chinese father who's ordered his own sons assassination find out more online. and the one enterprising u.s. billionaire has big plans of his double shooting a colony on mars but it appears there is a criteria to fulfill so had to already dot com to learn if you can join the chosen one. tension between loyalists and police in belfast over the flying of union flag off while some easing out of pro british protesters pelted security forces with petrol bombs for six a consecutive day now me long live the people belfast he says that the violence was a planned action and those in charge of should be held responsible i think the problem is that there was political orchestration certainly in the initial stages of this particular on rest to try for example to use very emotive and inflammatory language around the position that my party was going to take kids in out of repping die in the flag when in fact we were opp