Monday, June 7, 2010

U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested In Wikileaks Video Probe

From Threat Level:

Federal officials have arrested an Army intelligence analyst who boasted of giving classified U.S. combat video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to whistleblower site Wikileaks, Wired.com has learned.

SPC Bradley Manning, 22, of Potomac, Maryland, was stationed at Forward Operating Base Hammer, 40 miles east of Baghdad, where he was arrested nearly two weeks ago by the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division. A family member says he’s being held in custody in Kuwait, and has not been formally charged.

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My Comment: This soldier is going to serve some serious time. I also expect more security and better controls from the military on videos and information that they collect from combat operations.

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