The pre-trial hearing is almost over in the biggest leak of classified documents in American history. Pfc. Bradley Manning is accused of giving a massive trove of information to WikiLeaks, which published some on line. Was US security damaged? If Manning was the leaker, did he betray his country or tell the public what it needed to know? If a court martial convicts him should he get life in prison? And there’s a broader question. Since much of the information released was inconsequential, why was it classified at all?
Bradley Manning and Government Secrecy
Credits
Guests:
- Gene Fidell - Yale Law School - @YaleLawSch
- Josh Gerstein - senior legal affairs reporter, Politico - @joshgerstein
- Liza Goiten - Co-director, Liberty and National Security Program at Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law
- Jesselyn Radack - Government Accountability Project - @JesselynRadack
- Clifford D. May - Foundation for the Defense of Democracies - @CliffordDMay