Aunt’s Statement At Manning Trial Becomes Evidence
June 11, 2013 4:56 PM
... Prosecutors also presented a statement from Manning’s aunt Debra Van Alstyne, who talked about her interview with Army investigators at her Maryland home in June 2010, shortly after Manning’s arrest ...
“I knew that Brad was proud of his job and of being in the Army,” Van Alstyne said in her statement.
She also said an investigator collected a digital camera data card Manning had sent her that was found to contain some of the leaked Iraq battlefield reports and video of an Apache helicopter attack WikiLeaks had posted in which civilians were killed.
She said Manning called her after his arrest and asked if she had watched the helicopter video. She said he told her the video would be “big news” and that it would make a “big splash” in America ...
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