PFC Bradley Manning has pled guilty to releasing 700,000 classified documents, which WikiLeaks then published on the Internet — the largest intelligence breach in American history. At the time, Manning worked in what's called a "Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility" at Forward Operating Base Hammer near Baghdad. He's now facing a court martial on espionage charges at Fort Mead, Maryland. Critics say he betrayed his country. His defenders are framing the case, in part, as a challenge to what they call excessive classification of information the public has a right to know. Is he a whistle-blower or a traitor who deserves life in prison?
The Trial of Bradley Manning for WikiLeaks Leaks
Credits
Guests:
- Arun Rath - PBS's 'Frontline' and PRI's 'The World' - @ArunRath
- Trevor Timm - Electronic Frontier Foundation - @TrevorTimm
- David Rivkin - BakerHostetler - @DavidRivkin
- Marc Ambinder - The Week - @marcambinder