Army Private Bradley Manning in Solitary as Investigators Expand Leak Case
Tom Diemer
Correspondent
Posted:
07/31/10
Pfc. Bradley Manning, a "person of interest" in the leaking of thousands of secret Afghan war documents, was in solitary confinement in Quantico. Va. Saturday, amid signs the investigation of the disclosures has expanded.
Manning, who is being held in connection with an earlier leak of a classified video but has not been charged in the give-away of war reports made public a week ago, was flown from Kuwait to a detention center in Virginia where he was given a medical exam and now awaits clarification of his legal status, CNN reported Saturday.
The New York Times said Saturday a key figure in the case, a Sacramento-based computer hacker named Andrew Lamo, says he has information that Manning had the help of a civilian in setting up encryption computer software used to send classified information to WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website. That individual had ties to the website, Lamo said. Lamo, who gave up Manning to military authorities last May, is cooperating with investigators but wouldn't name the civilian, who apparently lives in the Boston area, according to the Associated Press.
The Army said the public disclosure of some 76,900 war reports has imperiled Afghans who have assisted the U.S. effort in the war against Taliban insurgents.
Manning, who is being held in connection with an earlier leak of a classified video but has not been charged in the give-away of war reports made public a week ago, was flown from Kuwait to a detention center in Virginia where he was given a medical exam and now awaits clarification of his legal status, CNN reported Saturday.
The New York Times said Saturday a key figure in the case, a Sacramento-based computer hacker named Andrew Lamo, says he has information that Manning had the help of a civilian in setting up encryption computer software used to send classified information to WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website. That individual had ties to the website, Lamo said. Lamo, who gave up Manning to military authorities last May, is cooperating with investigators but wouldn't name the civilian, who apparently lives in the Boston area, according to the Associated Press.
The Army said the public disclosure of some 76,900 war reports has imperiled Afghans who have assisted the U.S. effort in the war against Taliban insurgents.