Bradley Manning Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison

The long-running trial of WikiLeaks informer Pfc. Bradley Manning has come to an end. A military judge sentenced Manning to 35 years in prison. On July 30, Manning was found not guilty of ‘aiding the enemy,’ but was still found guilty on 19 lesser counts, including five counts of espionage.

Manning faced up to 90 years in prison. He apologized for his actions in front of the court. As he has already spent more than 3 years in prison and was given 112 days of credit for harsh treatment, his stay in prison will be shorter than that.

In 2009, Manning had access to multiple databases of classified information while serving for the U.S. Army in Iraq. He leaked thousands of diplomatic cables, a video of a Baghdad airstrike, the Iraq War Logs and Afghan War Logs and field reports to the organization WikiLeaks. These documents were later sent to multiple newspapers, including The Guardian and The New York Times, between April and November 2010.

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