Espionage and other charges for disclosing the largest amount of classified documents in American History to wikileaks. Daniel lee has more on the sentencing. Wearing his army uniform and escorted by guards, Bradley Manning entered the military court where he would learn his fate. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison and ordered that he be disordered dishonorably discharged. The 25yearold faced up to 90 years in prison on charges of espionage and other crimes. I think it is appropriate in terms of what he did. More than three years ago, manning provided wikileaks more than 700,000 documents, including video of a helicopter attack where to civilians died. The defense asked for leniency, but the prosecution urged a lengthy sentence to deter other potential leakers. You cannot scoff at 35 years. The sentence comes as the government addresses fallout from leaks from edward snowden, who has been granted asylum in russia and the nsa does not know the full extent of what was taken. Am danie