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A judge ruled the prosecution would have to prove that Army PFC Bradley Manning had “reason to believe” the information would aid Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.

The two stalwarts dedicated to covering the WikiLeaks case aren’t from the mainstream press.

The Freedom of the Press Foundation secretly recorded the audio, which for the first time, allows the world to hear the voice of the man who admitted leaking more than 500,000 classified documents.

Pleading guilty to about half of the 22 charges against him in military court yesterday, Army private Bradley Manning delivered … Continue reading →

PFC Bradley Manning has plead guilty to 10 criminal charges related to the leak of more than 500,000 documents to WikiLeaks.

PFC Bradley Manning’s defense will not be allowed to introduce motive at his court-martial.

However, Army Col. Denise Lind, who is heading Bradley Manning’s court-martial, did award him a 112-day reduction in any future sentence due to his mistreatment in solitary confinement.

Much of the testimony was focused on PFC Bradley Manning’s troubled behavior in custody.

In a highly anticipated moment, PFC Bradley Manning took the stand in his pre-court martial hearing this week, for the first time presenting the court and the world the story of his confinement in his own words.

Two military psychiatrists who cared for PFC Bradley Manning during his confinement at Quantico testified today that their recommendation that Manning be removed from a suicide watch was disregarded.

PFC Bradley Manning’s lawyers claim his treatment in military prisons constituted “illegal pre-trial punishment.”

Bradley Manning, the Army intelligence analyst accused of providing thousands of military records and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, has signaled he may plead guilty to a portion of the 34 charges currently facing him.

The country isn’t necessarily a haven for freedom of the press.

Prosecutors will have to prove the alleged WikiLeaker acted with the “clear understanding” that the information would be viewed by the enemy.

FRONTLINE’s Arun Rath is on the scene at Fort Meade and will be providing updates throughout the day.

For someone who’s been under house arrest at a secret location in England, Julian Assange has been maintaining a pretty high profile.

Pfc. Bradley Manning should be referred to a general court-martial, Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, the investigating officer assigned to Manning’s pre-trial hearing, recommended today.

Bradley Manning’s Article 32 hearing — essentially a pre-trial that determines the need for a court-martial — was an odd, stop-start affair, punctuated by frequent, long recesses and disputes over evidence and witnesses.

In an interview last April with FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith, Julian Assange flatly denied that he’d ever had any contact with Bradley Manning…

It was an off-hand comment made by the president that was caught on tape.

Bradley Manning is making his first court appearance today, 18 months after he was accused of leaking half a million classified documents to WikiLeaks.

A year ago, following the leak of a quarter of a million classified State Department cables, pundits proclaimed that journalism … Continue reading →

According to Bradley Manning’s attorney, the government filed a request opposing all but 10 of the 48 witnesses the defense … Continue reading →

Bradley Manning, accused of leaking thousands of classified U.S. government documents to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, has been locked up … Continue reading →

When producer Martin Smith interviewed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange last April for our film WikiSecrets, he noted the whistleblower’s telling … Continue reading →

This is the subtle (or perhaps not-so-subtle) warning, brought to you by an embattled, sweater-clad Julian Assange. In a video … Continue reading →

Peter Van Buren, a career foreign service officer, said yesterday that the State Department has suspended his top secret security … Continue reading →

The Independent has published several advanced excerpts of Julian Assange’s “unauthorized autobiography,” which will be published in full in the … Continue reading →

A former staffer says a “cultlike ethos” is developing within WikiLeaks. James Bell, who worked for the group for three … Continue reading →

Confused by the back and forth this past week over who’s responsible for WikiLeaks’ release of all the original, unedited … Continue reading →

In light of the latest controversy over WikiLeaks’ inadvertant release of the original, unredacted, diplomatic cables — and the danger … Continue reading →

Former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg has told Der Spiegel that he destroyed more than 3,500 unpublished files he took with … Continue reading →