Manning hearing bogs down over dispute
Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private suspected of being the source of some of the unauthorized classified information disclosed on the WikiLeaks website. (File Photo) Credit: AP
The pretrial hearing for the U.S. soldier accused of leaking government secrets to the WikiLeaks website is bogged down in a dispute over the impartiality of the presiding officer.
David Coombs, the civilian defense lawyer for the accused leaker, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, is arguing that Army Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, is biased and therefore should step aside.
Almanza refused, and Coombs then asked that the proceedings be suspended while he initiates an appeal of that decision.
The hearing is to determine whether Manning will face a court-martial on charges that he aided the enemy by leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents.
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