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POLICE HISTORY
Information Technology Ethical Issues
Samuel Levan TateBIS/221October 13, 2014Richard ZinneMEMORANDUM
To:Richard ZinneFrom:Samuel Tate
Date:October 13, 2014
Subject:Bradley Manning WikiLeaks Case
On August 21, 2013 Army Colonel Denise Lind, a military judge sentenced Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for leaking the largest cache of classified documents in U.S history. Lind also awarded Bradley with a dishonorable discharge, reduction in rank to private and all pay forfeited.
In 2010, Bradley had an online relationship with a person thought to be Assange. He first transferred documents to WikiLeaks in February 2010. These documents later were known as the Afghanistan and Iraq “War Logs.” He later transmitted a video of an U.S. Apache helicopter opening fire on a crowd of individuals that the crew thought was insurgents. After an intense investigation, it was determined that among the dead were two journalists and kids.
Bradley was final arrested in Iraq in May 2010 and later convicted for violating the Espionage Act for copying documents, disseminating classified military field reports, State Department cables, and information on detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He was acquitted of the charge aiding the enemy. Manning was later transferred to Kuwait and then back to United States to a military brig at Quantico Marine base in Virginia. Manning was later transferred to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas in 2011.
At the conclusion of Bradley’s trail, he released a statement explaining his actions. The closing part of his statement he stated “I understand that my actions violated the law, and I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States. It was never my intention to hurt anyone. I only wanted to help people. When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others” (Bradley Manning 2013). Bradley later in April 2014 filed a court petition to have his named changed

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