now, the possibility that he would face the death penalty appears pretty slim at this point. the prosecutors who actually brought the charges recommended that instead of the death penalty, if convicted, that bradley serve a life term. it s still up to the military judge, who will eventually preside over any proceeding court-martial against bradley manning to make that final decision. but most people in the army we re talking to said that s probably not likely. it s still a possibility, however. mik, thank you so much for that. richard? yes, go ahead. one more issue about all of this and why they brought this very serious charge. the difference here is now they re charging bradley manning with leaking material, classified material, that he knew, according to the charges, would appear on the internet and he knew would have been accessed by enemy forces, terrorists, for example. that s why this aiding the item charge has been leveled against