Charges Filed in WikiLeaks Case

Update on the leak of military documents to the website WikiLeaks: The Pentagon charged U.S. Army intelligence analyst Pfc. Bradley Manning, 22, from Potomac, Md., with "eight violations of the U.S. Criminal Code for allegedly illegally transferring classified data, according to a charge sheet released by the military," CNN reported.

Wired's Threat Level blog first reported that Bradley had allegedly leaking military documents and video to WikiLeaks.com, which anonymously posts military information in the name of disclosure. One of the more notorious leaks was a 2007 video filmed by the Army of a helicopter mistakenly attacking and killing civilians in Iraq, including a Reuter's photographer.

Wired.com conducted an interview in April with a soldier who came onto the scene after the helicopter attack and provides useful analysis and perceptions of what happened.

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