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| Bradley Manning pleads guilty to some Wikileaks charges | Bradley Manning pleads guilty to some Wikileaks charges |
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| The US soldier accused of leaking large amounts of secret data to Wikileaks has pleaded guilty to a series of 10 lesser charges, US media report. | The US soldier accused of leaking large amounts of secret data to Wikileaks has pleaded guilty to a series of 10 lesser charges, US media report. |
| But Pfc Bradley Manning, 25, may still be prosecuted for the most serious charge against him, aiding the enemy. | But Pfc Bradley Manning, 25, may still be prosecuted for the most serious charge against him, aiding the enemy. |
| A military judge will now decide whether to accept the guilty plea, and will allow him to read a statement. | A military judge will now decide whether to accept the guilty plea, and will allow him to read a statement. |
| Pfc Manning last spoke in court in November about his treatment in Kuwait and in the US after his arrest. | Pfc Manning last spoke in court in November about his treatment in Kuwait and in the US after his arrest. |
| He described being locked up alone for 23 hours a day in a small cell for nearly nine months at a high-security jail in Quantico, Virginia. | |
| If the judge, Col Denise Lind, accepts the pleas, Pfc Manning could face up to 20 years in prison. | |
| But prosecutors at the military court in Fort Meade, Maryland, can still pursue a trial on the remaining 12 charges, including aiding the enemy, which carries a potential life sentence. |