Yesterday a military judge convicted the army private on 20 counts of giving secret government items to the website wikileaks, but manning was not found guilty of the most serious charge. He released hundreds of thousands of documents including this video of a 2007 attack by an american Apache Helicopter in iraq that kills a dozen people. Jericka duncan reports. Reporter Army Private Bradley manning did not react as the military judge at ft. Meade read the verdict. She found him not guilty of aiding the enemy. But the judge did find the 25yearold guilty of lesser charges including espionage, theft, and computer fraud. Manning faced a courtmartial for leaking more than 700,000 classified documents to the website wikileaks. Prosecutors say he was a low ranking Intelligence Analyst who handed over state department cables, battle reports, and videos. Retired army major mike lions, cbs news consultant, says this case sets a new precedent. I think the message here is the government is going
Tt schieffer good evening. Scott is on assignment. Im bob scheiffer. In the history of the united iffees, no one has leaked as many classified government secrets as a 25yearold army private named Bradley Manning. He was court marshaled. Today a military judge at fort to fade maryland found him not guilty of the most serious airge, aiding the enemy, but guilty of lesser charges that could send him to prison for the oft of his life. Our National Security correspondent david martin is there. Reporter the judge deliberated for 16 hours and ndad her verdict in less than five minutes. Starting with not guilty of aiding the enemy, a charge which buld have brought Bradley Manning a maximum sentence of life without parole. As manning stood impassively the judge pronounced him guilty of o other charges of espionage vingtheft, for having leaked 000e than 700,000 classified documents to wikileaks, including this video of a 2007 shooting in baghdad when an Apache Helicopter gunship ostakenly opened