Bradley Manning guilty of espionage in Wikileaks case

30 July 2013

Bradley Manning, the US Army private who leaked thousands of classified documents, has been convicted of espionage but not of aiding the enemy.

Pte Manning, 25, has been found guilty of 20 charges in total, including theft and computer fraud.

He had admitted leaking the documents to anti-secrecy organisation Wikileaks but said he did so to spark a debate on US foreign policy.

Bradley Manning Guilty of Espionage in Wikileaks Case by nelvely