former army private bradley manning after a military judge found him guilty of most of the charges against him except the most serious charge. he was found not guilty of aiding the enemy. cully stimson, former secretary of defense tore detainees and legal fellow with the heritage foundation and mike barrett, former intelligence officer for the office of the secretary of defense. thank you for joining us. thank you. thanks for having us. heather: why not guilty for aiding and abetting the enemy? i will start with you, cully. heather to, prove aiding the enemy under the statute the government had to prove one, knowingly provided intelligence to the enemy. the enemy is al qaeda an the taliban and two he did so knowingly. so there was a double burden. the judge had to be firmly convinced that was the case and clearly they didn t prove their case. one thing if he provided directly to al qaeda or taliban
reporter: getting to the root of a bad decision is difficult. i called the air force, they told me to call the office of the secretary of defense. the matter is currently under investigation. reporter: and who s investigating it? u.s. forces afghanistan. reporter: which is the answer you will get from afghanistan. they are investigating. but the project is just one more example of taxpayer waste in america s longest war. we could get anything we wanted, said one officer. it was insane. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. bizarre weather phenomenon is causing all kind of problems near phoenix. huge wall of dust blew through the area turning day light to darkness making driving virtually impossible. weather experts say it was caused by outflowing winds from a thunderstorm that kicked up lots of dust that hangs in the air. i believe it s called a haboob. haboob. i heard about this year.
spend it. even if we don t need it. reporter: getting to the root of a bad decision is difficult. i called the air force, they told me to call the office of the secretary of defense. the matter is currently under investigation. reporter: and who s investigating it? u.s. forces afghanistan. reporter: which is the answer you will get from afghanistan. they are investigating. but the project is just one more example of taxpayer waste in america s longest war. we could get anything we wanted, said one officer. it was insane. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. bizarre weather phenomenon is causing all kind of problems near phoenix. huge wall of dust blew through the area turning day light to darkness making driving virtually impossible. weather experts say it was caused by outflowing winds from a thunderstorm that kicked up lots of dust that hangs in the air. i believe it s called a haboob. haboob. i heard about that this year.
in what was a violent week of anti-american protest through much of the middle east. the events of that fateful tuesday began not in libya, rather in cairo, egypt. a mob gathered outside the u.s. embassy in cairo and at one point scaled an outside wall. but this was essentially a protest by angry, unarmed egyptians. around 800 miles west in benghazi, libya, a very different mob was forming. [gunfire] and this is what pentagon officials say happened next. 9:42 p.m. in benghazi. men warmed rifles and rocket propelled grenade launchers begin their assault on the u.s. consulate. 50 minutes later the pentagon s national military command center notified the office of the secretary of defense and the joint staff. by 11:00 p.m. benghazi time
reporter: i spoke to a marine that served in the iraq and later worked in the pentagon. he noticed a problem in the 2006-2007 time frame, a request for heavily armored mine-resistant weeks, mraps slowed down by the pentagon and to the marine corps. there was two-year request for vehicle known as mrap he and others believed would save troops lives. he spoke to then senator biden s office. he agreed to speak to usa today. he testified openly on capitol hill. i asked him why he decided to come forward to take on the entire marine corps and pentagon? well, because the issue was solving the issue at hand was more important than, then allowing it to remain silent. chain of command didn t work at some point. i was shut down in terms of what i was, needed to share with the office of the secretary of defense. and at that point i realized that the only way to do this