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Bradley Manning Hearing Wraps Up

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Fri Dec 23, 2011 at 11:03:02 AM EST
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The Guardian and CNN have good recaps of Bradley Manning's hearing this week.

David Coombs, Manning's lead defense counsel, seemed for focus on two major issues - the Army's lack of response to Manning's emotional and behavior problems as well lack of security in the SCIF where Manning worked in Iraq.

The judge/hearing officer is to make his recommendation to the special Court Martial Convening Authority. by Jan. 16 as to whether Manning should face a full courts-martial proceeding. If convicted of the charges, Manning faces a potential life sentence.

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    the problem is, neither of those issues is (none / 0) (#1)
    by cpinva on Fri Dec 23, 2011 at 04:58:22 PM EST
    relevant to the charges, and fail to negate the actual question of whether or not manning stole/disseminated classified data.

    really, if that's the best they could come up with, in terms of a viable defense, they might as well just go ahead and measure manning for a set of prison stripes right now.

    they might be mitigating circumstances, for sentencing purposes, b