WikiSecrets

The inside story of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history

Bradley Manning's Facebook PageWhat three years of postings reveal about the man at the center of the scandal VIDEO: The Private Life of Bradley ManningOur March 2011 portrait of his early life before joining the Army InterviewsJulian Assange … Adrian Lamo … Brian Manning … Daniel Domscheit-Berg Readings & LinksProfiles of Bradley Manning and resources to explore the more than 500,000 files he's accused of leaking

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June 18, 2013, 1:29 pm
Speed of Bradley Manning Trial Masks Prosecutors’ Struggles

Prosecutors have struggled to show that Manning was following directions from WikiLeaks, which could be key in establishing the charge of “aiding the enemy.”

June 11, 2013, 12:44 pm
Whistleblower or Traitor?

For years, this has been the debate over how to characterize Bradley Manning and the same question is being asked … Continue reading →

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It's the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history -- the leaking of more than a half million classified documents on the WikiLeaks website throughout 2010. At the center of the controversy stands Bradley E. Manning, the Army intelligence analyst who's charged with handing them over.

Who is Bradley Manning, and what does his story tell us about how and why the secret cache of documents may have been leaked? In WikiSecrets, FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith gains exclusive access to those closest to Manning -- including his father, close friends and his Army bunkmate -- and uncovers video of Manning taken around the time of the alleged handover of classified information. Read more »

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