Manning's Wikileaks Actions Show 'Arrogance'

Prosecutors in the trial of the US soldier who is accused of leaking classified information say he was driven by arrogance.

涉嫌向“維基解密”網(wǎng)泄露大量美軍機(jī)密文件的美國(guó)陸軍一等兵布拉德利?曼寧在馬里蘭州米德堡軍事基地出庭受審。他面對(duì)21項(xiàng)指控，包括最嚴(yán)重的通敵罪和依據(jù)1917年間諜法所起訴的罪狀。如果罪名成立，最高刑期可達(dá)154年。

新聞背景：

2010年5月，現(xiàn)年25歲的曼寧在伊拉克首都巴格達(dá)附近被捕。他被控于2009年11月至2010年5月?lián)务v伊美軍情報(bào)分析員期間，將70萬(wàn)份以上有關(guān)伊拉克、阿富汗情況的高度機(jī)密情報(bào)和美國(guó)外交機(jī)密文件提供給“維基解密”網(wǎng)站。被泄漏的軍事文件披露了美軍在伊拉克和阿富汗的行動(dòng)導(dǎo)致平民死亡的情況，而遭泄漏的外交電報(bào)則揭露了多國(guó)領(lǐng)袖和美國(guó)高官對(duì)一些敏感問(wèn)題的看法。

曼寧表示愿承認(rèn)部分罪行，其中包括違反軍事紀(jì)律，這一項(xiàng)罪名就可以使他坐牢20年。不過(guò)，他否認(rèn)政府對(duì)他的最嚴(yán)厲指控，即他有意協(xié)助“基地”組織等美國(guó)的敵人。在米德堡進(jìn)行的這項(xiàng)審訊預(yù)期將持續(xù)到8月底，檢方已表示將傳喚100名以上證人出庭。

曼寧的支持者爭(zhēng)辯說(shuō)，他的行動(dòng)揭示了戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)最黑暗的角落，暴露了美國(guó)外交政策的決策背景。曼寧的法律辯護(hù)小組表示，他遭到了美軍人員過(guò)度粗暴的拘留，因此他將得到在最終的監(jiān)禁判決中減少112天的處理。報(bào)道稱，此案之所以拖延至今，一是起訴程序和工作復(fù)雜，二是對(duì)曼寧的拘留引發(fā)極大爭(zhēng)議。此案已成為美國(guó)民權(quán)斗士指控政府的典型個(gè)案。

厄瓜多爾外長(zhǎng)帕蒂諾譴責(zé)英國(guó)侵犯維基解密創(chuàng)始人阿桑奇的人權(quán)。他表示，阿桑奇已經(jīng)有近1年時(shí)間沒(méi)有見(jiàn)到陽(yáng)光，這是一個(gè)很嚴(yán)重的問(wèn)題，而且做這件事的是一個(gè)四處宣揚(yáng)人權(quán)的國(guó)家。對(duì)此，英國(guó)外交部回應(yīng)，英國(guó)正在考慮厄瓜多爾方面提出的要求，就阿桑奇的去留問(wèn)題舉行會(huì)談

Bradley Manning admits he is responsible for what'sconsidered the largest ever leak of secret US government documents. But hedenies that his actions aided the enemy, a charge that could see him in prisonfor life. The former US army intelligence analyst is accused of sendingclassified material to the Wikileaks website. It included 250,000 diplomaticcables and thousands of battlefield reports from Iraq and Afghanistan. Theyincluded this gunsight video of the US helicopter attack in Iraq. It shows Apachehelicopters killing 12 civilians in Baghdad in 2007. At the hearing inFebruary, Manning compared the footage to children, torturing ants withmagnified glass.

In this slideshow, the prosecution showed what analleged quote from Manning, it read: if you had access to classified networks14 hours a day, 7 days a week for 8 plus months, what would you do? They wenton to say that his actions for what happens when arrogance meets access.

The Obama administration said the leaks compromisedvaluable military and diplomatic sources that will put real people at risk.

"It's taken 3 years for Bradley Manning's case toget to trial but that hasn't lessened the interest from around the world. 70news outlets are packed into the media room for a trial that’s due to lastaround three months .Because of its extreme sensitivity involved, a lot oftestimonies will be closed. There’ll be no access for the public and media.”

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange who is still in theEcuadorean Embassy in London where he first sought the refugee nearly a yearago, says the court martial is a show trial.

“Free Bradley Manning.”

A view shared by Manning supporters who see him as aheroic whistleblower. Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 of the 22charges against him. That could mean a jail term of 20 years. If found guiltyin the remaining 11, he may never be released.

Amanda Walker, Sky news, Fort Meade, Maryland.