Disclosure Tactic in WikiLeaks Case Seen as Defense Strategy
Friday, June 14, 2013
Last Update: 4:27 PM PT
By ADAM KLASFELD
... In February, the 25-year-old soldier freely admitted to leaking more than 700,000 files including diplomatic cables, incident reports from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, profiles of Guantanamo detainees, and a video of an airstrike in Baghdad that WikiLeaks titled "Collateral Murder."
With small exceptions, he has agreed to the underlying facts of the case, but disputed the government's claim that the disclosures make him guilty of "aiding the enemy" and violating the Espionage Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and other statutes.
Manning testified, in a statement offered with his proposed plea, that he only leaked files he believed were safe for release and could "spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy" ...
It surprised some observers then that Manning's lawyers chose not to confront government witnesses asserting that the video and the SigActs revealed sensitive tactics, techniques and procedures ...
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/14/58541.htm
