Monday, January 31, 2011

How Could An Army Private In The U.S. Military Have Access To Hundreds Of Thousands Of Secret Documents

Photo: Pfc. Bradley Manning

Bradley Manning Copied Secret Documents Thanks To Lack Of Safeguards, Book Claims -- The Telegraph

An astonishing security lapse allegedly allowed an American soldier to pass hundreds of thousands of secret documents to the Wikileaks website, a new book will reveal.

The army private who is accused of downloading the material in Iraq had “unrestricted access” to millions of classified documents “with virtually no supervision or safeguards”, according to a publication obtained by The Daily Telegraph.

The authors, David Leigh and Luke Harding, of The Guardian, name Specialist Bradley Manning, the soldier being held in a US military jail, as the alleged source of the information which was passed on to The Guardian by WikiLeaks.

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More News On Bradley Manning

Army Was Warned Not to Deploy Bradley Manning to Iraq -- Threat Level
Report: Army ignored advice to not send WikiLeaks soldier to Iraq -- USA Today
Marines Replace Commander in Charge of Detention of Bradley Manning, Accused WikiLeaker -- CBS News
Lawyer for soldier suspected in WikiLeaks case hopes new brig commander will ease confinement -- The Canadian Press
Pentagon Disputes Bradley Manning Mistreatment Allegations -- ABC News
The Cost of Manning The Wars -- Time Magazine
Assange, Manning: Parallels, But Links Unclear -- NPR

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