reasonable arrested in two thousand and ten for leaking sensitive documents to the website wiki leaks manning has now been in military custody for over a thousand days waiting trial. lawyer in the u.s. tasers are a popular weapon of choice for police agencies and sometimes there's questions over whether a taser should have been used at all and in some cases they have garnered a lot of attention like this one a few years ago. but there have been cases where suspects have died from tasers and now one of the makers has come up with a taser that's equipped with a camera according to the maker every zap can be documented documented with full audio and camera video all the hope is that the device will hold police accountable so if any questions come up you can just look at the video but what about the person getting the electric shock and will police turn over the footage that might make the officer or that apartment looked bad. well we are going to leave it all there a budget for more of the stories we covered you can always had to wear you tube channel we post everything there in full our website

our top story this military bradley manning has pleaded guilty to ten out of twenty two charges against him tonight he admitted to leaking the u.s. state secrets to wiki leaks but denied aiding the enemy that's a charge that could lead him to life in jail the details now from artie's when important new york. u.s. army private bradley manning is addressing a military tribunal for meade we are told reading thirty five page statement on what he did and why he didn't did it according to reports manning said he leaked instant logs from the wars in iraq and afghanistan in order to start a public debate twenty five year old told the tribunal is that he believed that the diplomatic cables he gave to weaken the leaks would not damage the u.s. but would be embarrassing manning claims that he had initially attempted to contact contact traditional mainstream media outlets such as the washington post the new york times and politico but failed to get through to them later deciding to pass the documents on to weekly leaks he also said that he engaged in prolonged internet conversations with a wiki leaks member called ox and manning assumes it was julian assange much

front of me colonel denise lind is quizzing him grilling him about his relationship with wiki leaks so when when manning first began and his testimony this morning or this afternoon what he told them was you know he was familiar with wiki leaks but he didn't go to that organization first the first thing that he did when he had an tiriel that he wanted the were told to see was t. called up the washington post and talk to them for around five minutes on the phone and said look i have some things i think you would like to see manning said he believes they didn't take him seriously and you never heard back from them from there he called the new york times and he left a detailed message with multiple ways for them to contact him and that instance mannix that he was also not met with the response so of then eventually he figured wiki leaks was the best organization to go to when you said it's into makes sense so you might as well give it a try. uploading piece after piece of material over the course of believe a few months and has to point here is that during the pretrial motion hearings last month one of the

later deciding to pass the documents on to wiki leaks he also said that he engaged in prolonged internet conversations with a wiki leaks member called ochs and manning assumes it was julian a songe now manning has reportedly also requested to the tribunal that he be tried by a military judge alone no jury according to reports he also did say that no one associated with wiki leaks pressured him for more information presumably that it was manning who was giving the information voluntarily more than one time now this is the first time the twenty four twenty five year old soldier has formally admitted guilt since being arrested more than one thousand days ago now manning pleaded guilty to ten counts including authorized possession and go for communication of sensitive material such as the state department cables and other materials provided to wiki leaks now according to manning's attorney manning has pleaded not guilty to aiding the enemy and a number of other lesser charges however the soldier allegedly told the court that he'd like to take blame for charges that were not presented by the u.s. . government but rather introduced by manning alone at the

this is our breaking news to start this wiki leaks bradley manning pleads guilty to ten charges brought against him by the government we'll update you on this news also had. full agreement over mali but syria remains a point of contention president putin sums up his key foreign policy discussions with french leader francois hollande. and catholic count in the final hours of pope benedict's papacy taking away the church looks to restore its image marred by sexual abuse and corruption. there a very good evening to you just joined us here in moscow is kevin i am with you here at r.t. and as i mention the breaking news just coming through to us military whistleblower bradley manning has pleaded guilty to ten out of twenty two charges against him this news coming through in the news wires just in the last few minutes he explained he wanted to spark debate on the role of the u.s. military in foreign policy a correspondent washington d.c. a gun if you can is going to bring us up to speed on all these latest details within the next few minutes of you can stay with us for that as this news devel

you're watching r t live from moscow breaking news this wiki leaks whistleblower bradley manning pleads guilty to ten charges brought against him by the government . full agreement over mali put syria remains of point of contention president putin sums up his key foreign policy discussions with french leader francois alarmed. and affleck countdown benedict the sixty leaves the vatican as pope for the last time while the church looks to restore its image marred by sexual abuse and corruption. a law that every good evening chief you just joined us this is r.t. live from moscow is kevin owen here with me at nine pm moscow time first the news you just heard the developing news story this military will supply bradley manning has pleaded guilty to ten out of twenty two charges against him he admitted to leaking the u.s. state secrets to wiki leaks but denied aiding the enemy the charge that could lead him to life in jail escaped speed on this with his report by the marina i don't know whether there was a lot of surprise about this today but what could these admissions now from him mean he's a

make an example out of him and they're making example out of a alleged source for wiki leaks now even though p.f.c. manning that's been locked up for a thousand days now he has yet to go to trial either so at this rate there's a very good chance that cherami him his trial is actually going to be the first time we're actually going to see perhaps a conviction for a alleged weekly leaks or so this could do a whole lot to a whole lot of people we have just across the state down in texas our pal bear brown has been locked up for a few months now and he is going to be standing trial in the coming months and his trial is going to focus also in part participating in the stratfor hack so if him. looking at life in prison for playing a minor role in this someone else is playing a minor role in this who is judge is probably not married to one of the victims is also going to have its hard times yeah definitely interesting questions about the entrapment and about what this really means and how it fits into the the government's war on cyber attacks and cyber warfare all of that we'll get into that later so we're runnin

make an example out of him and they're making example out of a alleged source for wiki leaks now even though p.f.c. manning that's been locked up for a thousand days now he has yet to go to trial either so at this rate there's a very good chance that jeremy his trial is actually going to be the first one we're actually going to see perhaps a conviction for a alleged week you weeks or so this could do a whole lot to a whole lot of people we have just across the state down in texas our pal bear brown has been locked up for a few months now and he is going to be standing trial in the coming months and his trial is going to focus also in part participating in the stratfor hack so it has. looking at life in prison for playing a minor role in this someone else is playing a minor role in this was judge is probably not married to one of the victims is also going to have its hard times yeah definitely interesting questions about the entrapment and about what this really means and how it fits into the government's war on cyber attacks and cyber warfare all of that we'll get into that later so we're running out of ti

on sunday private first class bradley manning marked his one thousandth day behind bars without trial over the weekend protests in honor of the accused wiki leaks or were planned internationally as for the case itself preached pretrial hearings are expected to continue tomorrow and manning could enter a plea he faces twenty two charges including ending the enemy which could result in a life sentence the trial is slated to begin in june now an ocean away wiki leaks founder julian assange has been for senate has been officially accepted by the australian electoral commission his name will now appear on state and federal electoral rolls in victoria in australia now although as has been formally accepted as a candidate the newly formed wiki leaks party has not yet registered with the electoral commission this is on mr a songes bid for senate is seen as a possible political move to help him escape from the ecuadorian embassy in london where he has been held since june nineteenth now under australian law a songe is allowed to run for office without being physically present in the country but he must arrive within two months of winning the election in

diplomatic cables to wiki leaks prosecutors are likely to call the navy seal involved in the raid that killed osama bin laden to prove al qaeda benefited from manning's leaks or journalistic kevin stoner says it's puny attempt to shift the focus. the fear here i think is that you would be sensationalizing the proceedings and it would not it would make it nearly impossible for manning to have a fair trial it just because we'd now be talking about terrorism terrorism and terrorism and get away from the fact that he is charged with the offense of releasing the information and they don't have to show that terrorists received and this will continue the obama administration is ushered in this era of of pursuing whistleblowers and making certain that they are prosecuted and they go after them zealously in a manner that they do not go after other individuals that's been the thing i think is the most particularly striking is you can have private contractors you engage in weapons smuggling like like the blackwater executives or you can have bankers that engage in financial fraud and they are pursued as jealously as whistleblowers iran has left the door open fo

to muslim extremists myself of my work with wiki leaks and this other stuff dan ellsberg our whistleblower and who had dealt very closely with bradley manning together we kind of make up this evolving tribe of people who were you know were civil liberties advocates were independent journalists were hacktivists and computer prodigies you know aaron swartz was part of our case. and together we are all standing witness to what the what the u.s. government has done and become since nine eleven and because we're standing witness and we're doing so diligently and we refused to back down we're being harassed and intimidated and you see this prosecutorial overreach and spin and we're all trying to stop that. the fact that an annual federal budget law could include language that would limit both the journalists right to freely uncover information and it would put americans right to due process is unheard of so when outrage against the law started to grow the question became how to challenge it plaintiffs had their first success in the case after an injunction was filed against indefinite detention by district judge katherine forest who ruled that th

muslim extremists myself with my work with wiki leaks and this other stuff dan ellsberg our whistleblower and who had dealt very closely with bradley manning together we kind of make up this evolving tribe of people who you know were civil liberties advocates were independent journalists were hacktivists and computer prodigies you know aaron swartz was part of our case. and together we are all standing witness to what the what the us government has done and become since nine eleven and because we're standing witness and we're doing so diligently and we refuse to back down we're being harassed and intimidated and you see this prosecutorial overreach and spin and we're all trying to stop that the fact that an annual federal budget law could include language that would limit both the journalist right to freely uncover information and rebut americans right to due process is unheard of so when outrage against the law started to grow the question became how to challenge it plaintiffs had their first success in the case after an injunction was filed against indefinite detention by district judge katherine forest who ruled that the vague language

muslim extremists myself with my work with wiki leaks and this other stuff dan ellsberg our whistleblower and who had dealt very closely with bradley manning together we kind of make up this evolving tribe of people who you know were civil liberties advocates were independent journalists were hacktivists and computer prodigies you know aaron swartz was part of our case. and together we are all standing witness to what the what the u.s. government has done and become since nine eleven and because we're standing witness and we're doing so diligently and we refused to back down we're being harassed and intimidated and you see this prosecutorial overreach and spin and we're all trying to stop that the fact that an annual federal budget law could include language that would limit both the journalist right to freely uncover information and rebut americans right to due process is unheard of so when outrage against the law started to grow the question became how to challenge it plaintiffs had their first success in the case after an injunction was filed against indefinite detention by district judge katherine forest who ruled that the vague langua

well he's a man know who knows how to stir up controversy and also conversation this week wiki leaks co-founder julian a son just once again dominating international headlines this time not for exposing the government but for trying to join it australia has confirmed that a songe is running for the country's senate he will run as a member of the australian wiki leaks party now if you recall a songe is currently holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london trying to avoid extradition to sweden over rape allegations and if you're wondering if this can if this candidate actually has to be in the country in order to run for office the answer is no he just needs to be there within two months of actually winning the position so for more on how viable julian assange has run is i'm joined by jay lederman he's a lawyer for the lederman divine l. l. peter. welcome so let's first off by talking about julian assange his wanting to run now he's spent years fighting government corruption. by leaking this information why would he want to join them for joining the government he's been fighting again

army private bradley manning is about to face a new round of pretrial hearings and he faces a number of charges for allegedly handing classified data to the wiki leaks website the most serious is quote aiding the enemy which could land him behind bars for life mass rallies are being held across seventy cities worldwide to mark one thousand days of his detention attorney kevin zeese explains why many believe his treatment is unlawful. the judge did recognize in the motion dismissed for the solitary confinement that manning was treated improperly and did take one hundred days off were of his whenever a sentence of any he ends up with so the judge doesn't recognize the government did by the law and went to bars that's a positive it is and i hope that the judge will recognize that delaying this trial where they have is enough reason to dismiss the case that a certain point all of the government's oh you just add up and the outrageous government conduct need to be right in the eyes of the case and it is easily dismissed especially since he should not have served the wonder years if you really want to look forward you've got to first look back and recogni

army private bradley manning is about to face a new round of pretrial hearings that he faces a number of charges for allegedly handing classified data to the wiki leaks website the most serious is quote aiding the enemy which could land behind bars for life mass rallies have been held in over seventy cities across the world to mark one thousand days of years of detention attorney kevin zeese explains why many believe his treatment is unlawful. judge did recognize in the motion this moves for the solitary confinement that manning was treated improperly and did take one hundred days off were obvious whenever a sentence of any he ends up with so the judge doesn't recognize the government and went too far as that's a positive it is and i hope that the judge will recognize that delaying this trial where they have is enough reason to dismiss the case that a certain point all of the government's. and the outrageous government conduct need to be recognized in the keys and it is easily dismissed especially since he should not have served in one day if you will look forward you've got to first look back and recognize when the crimes were committed and hold peo