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5-day hearing begins in Wikileaks case
Pfc. Bradley Manning on trial
Updated: Monday, 16 Jul 2012, 1:29 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 16 Jul 2012, 1:29 PM EDT
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - A defense attorney for an Army private charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history is renewing a request to have two of the 22 charges against his client dropped.
The attorney for Pfc. Bradley Manning made his argument before a military judge Monday, the first day of a planned five-day hearing at Maryland's Fort George G. Meade. Lawyers for Manning and the government are discussing a number of issues in advance of his trial set for September.
Prosecutors say the now 24-year-old gave hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic cables and war logs to the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks. Manning's attorney argued Monday that two of the charges against his client are improper. The judge has yet to rule.
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