Pfc. Bradley Manning charged by U.S. for sharing classified documents

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – The U.S. Government has filed charges against U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley E. Manning after being accused of releasing a classified video showing an airstrike in Iraq.

Manning, 22, is being accused of sharing classified documents with website Wikileaks.org, which in April, posted a video from July 12, 2007 that was recorded from a U.S. Apache helicopter. The video shows an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, in which several people were killed, including two journalists and civilians.

Manning is being charged for “wrongfully introducing a classified video of a military operation […] onto his personal computer, a non-secure information system,” according to a “charge sheet.”

In addition, between November 19, 2009 and May 27, 2010, Manning allegedly exceeded his authorized access on a Secret Internet Protocol Router network computer and acquired information from the U.S. Defense Department. The charge sheet alleges that Manning accessed over 150,000 diplomatic cables.

Manning is accused of sharing classified information to an unauthorized person, “with reason to believe that such information could be used to the inquiry of the United States or advantage of any foreign nation.”

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