Manning Home Movie Could Come Into Play

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Last Update: 1:46 PM PT
By ADAM KLASFELD

MANHATTAN (CN) - Military prosecutors want jurors to watch a YouTube video starring alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning that earned the young soldier special training about keeping military secrets ...

But nearly two years before his arrest, he got into trouble for making an Internet video telling his family about his upcoming deployment to Iraq. In the June 2008 video, he called his duties "secret" and "top secret."

While the private first class never faced charges over video, he had to take "corrective training" to teach him the dangers of spilling classified information.

"The accused certainly had it burned into his memory," prosecutor Capt. Angel Overgaard said, referring to the training. "Individuals tend to learn from their mistakes best." ...

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/08/29/49770.htm

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1. WikiLeak suspect had broken rules before

... Manning's punishment for the YouTube video included having to present a power point presentation in which he explained what amounted to classified information and what would constitute a security breach.

The military says the information proves that Manning was fully aware of the consequences when he released a huge cache of diplomatic cables and military logs to WikiLeaks. His defence has denied the soldier knowingly aided the enemy ...

http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=789469

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2. *watching* PowerPoint presentations is a form of torture

isn't it?

Hope he's being treated better. Wonder if he knows about Julian's recent sanctuary.

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3. Captain Angel Overgaard?

Sweet baby Jesus on a paisley print pteranodon, the names some people will saddle a child with.

And if Angel Overgaard changed their name to that then this person is just flat fucking cracked..

Joseph Heller Tweeted, he says satire is now a zombie face eating corpse.

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4. ... A pre-trial hearing for Manning heard that he posted a video about his life on YouTube in 2008,

but it was spotted and the “corrective training” he later received included guidance on how to protect sensitive intelligence files ...

SA Time: Thu Aug 30 18:07:36 2012
Manning no stranger to controversy
August 30 2012 at 11:17am
By Arthur MacMillan
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/manning-no-stranger-to-controversy-1.1372646

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5. Blow Dealt to Manning's 'Good Soldier' Defense

By ADAM KLASFELD

FORT MEADE, Md. (CN) - In addition to their 22 charged offenses, prosecutors can use uncharged conduct by alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning to undermine his defense that he was a "good soldier" before his arrest, a military judge ruled Thursday.

Pfc. Manning is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of files, including classified information, to the WikiLeaks website. So far, the court has referred to his uncharged offenses by number to protect his privacy.

But the presiding judge, Col. Denise Lind, revealed in a pretrial hearing Wednesday that the first act involved Manning creating a YouTube video to tell his family that he was about to go on a mission he called "secret" and "top secret" ...

Lind ruled Thursday that the prosecutors could play the video at trial if they show it is relevant to their allegations. No information has been revealed about "Act 2" or "Act 3," but one of them is inadmissible, Lind ruled ...

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/08/30/49823.htm

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9. So far, my contributions to this thread have been four news excerpts with links

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10. Even Romney doesn't mention the wars any more.

There is little support for our military misadventures.

Maybe you should quit serving the interests of corrupt idiots and spend your time doing something that might actually be useful to humanity. Cleaning toilets or picking up trash from the side of the highway would be more noble than the daily pro-empire cut and pastes.

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8. DU rec...nt

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