Court Declines to Rule in Wikileaks Complaint

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A military appeals court on Wednesday declined to rule on a lawsuit seeking greater access for journalists to court filings and proceedings in the criminal case against Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has admitted to leaking 700,000 confidential government documents to WikiLeaks. The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces decided 3 to 2 that it did not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal, filed by a coalition of journalists and organizations, including the Center for Constitutional Rights, which said in a statement that the ruling meant that Private Manning’s trial, set for June 3, will be “fundamentally unfair.” Military officials initially withheld from the public all documents in the case, including some the judge read aloud in court. More recently, officials have released a selection of documents, but with names and other information blacked out.