Bradley Manning, a 25-year-old US private, downloaded more than 700,000 classified documents from US military servers and passed them to WikiLeaks. The Guardian was one of several news organisations to publish a series of stories based on the contents of the files. Below are 10 of the most revelatory:
• The first revelation came in 2010, from a video showing a US helicopter crew laughing as they launched an air strike killing a dozen people in Baghdad in July 2007, including a photographer and driver working for the Reuters news agency. The footage was recorded on one of two Apache helicopters which were hunting for suspected insurgents. They encounter a group of men on the ground, who do not immediately appear armed, and there is no sign of gunshots. But one helicopter crew opens fire, with shouts of "Hahaha. I hit 'em," and "Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards". As the wounded are helped, one of the helicopters opens fire again, with armour-piercing shells.
Manning Leaks Had Significant Impact
Melissa Harris-Perry reports on the verdict in the military trial of Bradley Manning and the quantity of now widely known stories that were reported as a result of Manning's Wikileaks documents.
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Bradley Manning Found Not Guilty Of Aiding The Enemy Charge
On Tuesday a judge convicted Bradley Manning of 20 of the government's 22 charges. Chris Hayes discusses the ruling with Elizabeth Goitein.
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