© ABC News/Patrick Semansky/The Associated PressBradley Manning Arraigned, Defers Entering Plea
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of providing hundreds of thousands of classified military documents and state department cables to online publisher WikiLeaks, deferred entering a plea at his arraignment today.
Sitting in the Ft. Meade, Md., courtroom in his dress army greens and signature black-rimmed glasses, Manning had his civilian counsel, David Coombs, and his assigned military counsel by his side.
Although Manning sat in the same chair and courtroom as he did throughout his December pre-trial Article 32 hearing, this is the first time he has sat before a military judge, facing a court martial.
When Manning was asked how he would plead, Coombs replied on behalf of the former Army intelligence analyst. "PFC Manning would like to defer both on his plea and on motions," Coombs said.
Manning barely spoke throughout the arraignment, responding "yes, your honor" when asked by the military judge whether he understood the charges against him, including aiding the enemy, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the Internet, knowing that it is accessible to the enemy, stealing public property or records and transmitting defense information.
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Wake Up and Smell the Hypocrisy, Mrs Clinton
Or this recent Article: Washington's Ministry of Truth: Silencing the Critics
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It's looking like we're in the area of step five. The next step these days can be called "Democracy in Action." There's no doubt truly pathological creatures, the stuff of nightmares, are ruling this world.Where else in the Middle East have we seen or are we seeing the exact same thing happen-ing?