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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 pleas, with which he faces 20 years in prison.
On Thursday, Pfc Manning told the court he leaked documents to spark debate on military and foreign policy.
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.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. At the military court in Fort Meade, Maryland, the judge, Col Denise Lind, must now decide whether to accept the guilty pleas.
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. Prosecutors can still pursue a trial on the remaining 12 charges, including aiding the enemy, which carries a potential life sentence.
Held for 1,000 days
Pfc Manning is accused of sending battlefield reports including two battlefield video clips, diplomatic cables, and other classified material to WikiLeaks in 2009 and 2010 while working as an Army intelligence analyst in Baghdad.
It is considered the largest-ever leak of secret US government documents.
Pfc Manning told the court on Thursday he believed that if the public had access to the information it would spark a domestic debate on the military and foreign policy, Reuters reported from the courtroom.
He said he would plead guilty to sending the documents to WikiLeaks in violation of military regulations, but would not plead guilty to a violation of federal espionage laws.
The Obama administration has said the leaks threatened valuable military and diplomatic sources.
Supporters, who consider him a whistleblower who exposed war crimes and helped trigger the political turmoil of the Arab Spring, held events on Saturday to mark his 1,000th day of detention.
The judge has ruled any eventual prison sentence should be reduced by 112 days due to his treatment at a maximum security facility in Virginia earlier in the case.
He has since been transferred to a medium-security jail.