Post date: Nov 29, 2012 4:50:19 PM
Alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning is expected to testify on inhumane treatment during captivity.
FORT MEADE, MARYLAND UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 29, 2012) (POOL) - U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, who is facing court-martial for allegedly leaking secret documents to the WikiLeaks website, is expected to testify this week that charges against him should be dropped because of improper treatment while in custody awaiting trial.
Manning, has been imprisoned, often in solitary confinement, where he alleges he has been abused and tortured by U.S. military officials. His testimony would be the first time Manning will speak in public since his arrest in May of 2010.Prosecutors have alleged that Manning without authorization disclosed hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables, military reports and video of a military helicopter attack in Iraq in which two Reuters journalists were killed.
In pre-trial litigation, prosecutors have presented testimony that legal experts say could be used to build a case that Manning had been in email contact with Julian Assange, WikiLeaks' Australian-born founder.
WikiLeaks has never confirmed that Manning was the source of any documents it released.