Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Who Gave Wikileaks All Of This Classified Information?

Pfc. Bradley Manning was charged earlier this month with leaking classified military information, presumably the 2007 video obtained by WikiLeaks.org that shows a U.S. helicopter firing on Iraqis. Photo from FOX News

Pentagon Eyes Accused Analyst Over WikiLeaks Data -- Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—Military investigators are checking computers used by Bradley Manning, a U.S. Army intelligence analyst charged this month with leaking classified information, to see if he is the source of thousands of military documents published Sunday by WikiLeaks.

The material released by WikiLeaks relates entirely to the war in Afghanistan, while Pfc. Manning was stationed in Iraq. But investigators are trying to determine what material he was able to get access to and what material he transferred.

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More News On Who The Leaker May Be

Did Wikileaks Leaker Access Top Secret "Intelpedia?" -- CBS News
Wikileaks Afghanistan: leak inquiry centres on US intelligence analyst -- The Telegraph
Accused Army Whistleblower Remains Jailed as Another Leak Hits Washington -- FOX News
Manning ‘Person of Interest’ in Military’s WikiLeaks Probe -- Wall Street Journal
Pentagon Says Bradley Manning a Possible Suspect in Afghan Leak -- Threat Level
The Wikileaks 'source': Former army analyst facing 52 years in prison -- The Independent
Who Is Pvt. Bradley Manning? -- ABC News

My Comment:
CBS has a point .... it looks like hackers who are sympathetic to Wikileaks were able to hack into Intelpedia and download its files.

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