A foundation dedicated to promoting and funding transparency journalism has released a recording of Pfc. Bradley Manning reading a statement he made in military court at Fort Meade about releasing United States government documents to WikiLeaks. The recording from the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) was covered by NBC’s “The Today Show” at 7am [...]

(update below) Former executive editor and current columnist of the New York Times has published an op-ed on Bradley Manning. Keller, who was executive editor when WikiLeaks obtained information from Manning and partnered with the newspaper to publish the disclosures, outlines what he believes could have happened. Keller piously writes: In his statement to the military court, Manning said that [...]

(update below) WikiLeaks has documents on a February 2010 incident involving Iraqi Federal Police arrests and the detention and possible torture of opponents of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, according to a report by Philip Dorling for the Australian newspaper, The Age. Dorling reported the media organization’s editor-in-chief confirmed it received “classified material” from Manning [...]

The daily newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch, the Wall Street Journal, chose to take a hot-blooded authoritarian swipe at Pfc. Bradley Manning on Sunday. In an editorial, the newspaper notes he pled guilty and made a statement in military court. It proceeds to assert: Alienated by what he saw in Iraq, Private Manning told a military [...]

What is possibly the most significant series of national security leaks in United States history began right here at this location pictured above. Pfc. Bradley Manning’s first submission to WikiLeaks consisted of what is commonly referred to as the Iraq War Logs and Afghanistan War Logs. In the final weeks of January 2010, during mid-tour [...]

UPDATE – 11:00 PM EST Now that Manning entered guilty pleas to some offenses, he cannot be found not guilty. He will be guilty of the offenses he pled to today or, if the government convinces the judge he is guilty of major misconduct which Manning thinks he’s not guilty, he could be convicted of those [...]

The soldier the United States military is prosecuting for releasing classified information to WikiLeaks, Pfc. Bradley Manning, faces twenty-two charges. The most significant charge, which carries the potential of life in prison without parole if he is convicted, is the “aiding the enemy” charge. Military prosecutors would like to present evidence that Al Qaeda leader [...]

6:15 PM EST Getting rushed off base because it is closing time in the media center. More updates from today soon. 6:09 PM EST Here’s report on Bradley Manning’s planned plea in court on Thursday. He will be reading from a statement and part of it will get to what was on his mind when he decided [...]

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai ordered United States special forces to leave the Maidan Wardak province after reports of units engaging in the torture and disappearing of Afghan civilians.The order came on February 24 and was immediately followed by the US military rejecting the allegations. Leaders in the province issued the order in response to Afghans [...]

Four days away from massive austerity that would result in cuts to the United States government, the Pentagon is suggesting the cuts would make it harder to fight cyber threats. Posted by Secrecy News, Zachary J. Lemnios, the assistant secretary of defense for research and engineering, was asked by Sen. Rob Portman what would be the impact [...]