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| Subject: Military ignored harm to citizens, says Manning Sat Mar 02, 2013 3:04 am | |
| FORT MEADE: Bradley Manning has confessed in court to providing vast archives of military and diplomatic files to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, saying he had wanted the information to become public ''to make the world a better place''.
Appearing before a military judge for more than an hour on Thursday, Private Manning read a statement recounting how he joined the military, became an intelligence analyst in Iraq, decided that certain documents should become known to the American public to prompt a wider debate about the Iraq War, and ultimately uploaded them to WikiLeaks.
I believed if the public had access to the information in the reports, this could spark a debate about foreign policy in relation to Iraq and Afghanistan.
''No one associated with WLO'' - an abbreviation he used to refer to the WikiLeaks organisation - ''pressured me into sending any more information,'' Private Manning said. ''I take full responsibility.''
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/military-ignored-harm-to-citizens-says-manning-20130301-2fbp3.html#ixzz2MMqnG9Yw
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