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- Manning judge alters charges to assist Gov't ahead of verdict Bradley Manning Support Network

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"The Government has pushed this case beyond the bounds of legal propriety. If the Government meant "information', it should have charged information," explains defense attorney David Coombs in legal filings last week.

Two years ago, Army PFC Bradley Manning was charged with five counts of stealing government property, in violation of federal statute 18 U.S.C. 641. He faces 21 total charges for providing WikiLeaks with classified information at the court martial entering its final stage. After the Government rested its case against PFC Manning, defense lawyer David Coombs detailed how the evidence presented did not support those five 18 U.S.C. 641 charges. He appealed to military judge Col. Denise Lind to dismiss them outright; however, she let them stand. Shockingly, she then stepped away from her role as the "finder of fact," and into a clearly partisan role by allowing ...
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