[CAF Note: I spun through all the news channel repeatedly this morning at the gym. There was coverage of a multitude of trials EXCEPT Manning’s trial. That was not an accident]
By Matt Sledge
Four years ago, Gen. David Petraeus said video from an Afghanistan air strike that killed dozens of civilians would soon be shown at a press conference to prove the U.S. was acting within the laws of war. Today, Petraeus is out of public service, and Pfc. Bradley Manning is on trial on charges of leaking vast archives of government documents — including the air strike video — to WikiLeaks.
The video has never been released to the public.
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Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning and the Risk of the Low-Level, Tech-Savvy Leaker
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FOCUS | A Public Trial, Without the Public
