Bradley Manning face 22 extra criminals

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Bradley Manning face 22 extra criminals. These add to the charges already pending against the US army private suspected of being the source for Wikileaks's Publication of military and State Department files.

Bradley Manning is currently being held at a military jail in Quantico, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC.


Perhaps the most serious of the additional charges is an allegation of aiding the enemy. The army benchbook (PDF) for military judges says that the crime is punishable by death. The charge requires that any "intelligence" given to the enemy is, at least in part, true.

"Enemy" is defined as not only opposing forces in time of war, but also a "hostile body" and "civilians as well as members of military organizations.