deal and all he got was 240 hours of community service plus one year s probation. then there s john keir ya cue, he was a cia analyst. in 2012 he was charged with leaking classified information about a fellow cia officer. he served two years in federal prison. there are other people who leaked classified information to the press. for a variety of reasons. whistle-blowers or not. there are a lot of them who got much lighter sentences then chelsea manning did in august, 2013. private first class manning was sentenced to 35 years in her case. and that case was a very big deal, it was a huge amount of information. more than 700 files, including about 250,000 diplomatic cables from american embassies around the world. dossiers detailing intelligence assessments about prisoners at guantanamo, video of an american helicopter attack in baghdad
for a variety of reasons. whistle-blowers or not. there are a lot of them who got much lighter sentences then chelsea manning did in august, 2013. private first class manning was sentenced to 35 years in her case. and that case was a very big deal, it was a huge amount of information. more than 700 files, including about 250,000 diplomatic cables from american embassies around the world. dossiers detailing intelligence assessments about prisoners at guantanamo, video of an american helicopter attack in baghdad that killed two journalists. this wasn t generically to the press or a press organization that we expect,s of the the organization wikileaks. we think of waerks with a lot of different associations now, right? they went on to become a whole different kind of political deal. their editor-in-chief julian assange went into exile to avoid rape charges in scandinavia and
got indicted, he faced 35 years in prison but he struck a plea deal and all he got was 240 hours of community service plus one year s probation. then there s john keir ya cue, he was a cia analyst. in 2012 he was charged with leaking classified information about a fellow cia officer. he served two years in federal prison. there are other people who leaked classified information to the press. for a variety of reasons. whistle-blowers or not. there are a lot of them who got much lighter sentences then chelsea manning did in august, 2013. private first class manning was sentenced to 35 years in her case. and that case was a very big deal, it was a huge amount of information. more than 700 files, including about 250,000 diplomatic cables from american embassies around the world. dossiers detailing intelligence assessments about prisoners at guantanamo, video of an american
turning over three quarters of a million documenteds to wikile s wikileaks. the judge convicted him of violating the espionage act so he s facing 136 years behind bars. they touched off a debate over the harm manning has done and whether the government over stated the damage like edward snowden, private first class manning is called a trader by some and hero by others and frankly, everything in between. let s talk about it with jeffrey toobin and glenn greenwald. jeff, let me start with you. what s your reaction to the verdict? i thought it was a good verdict. i think the charge of helping the enemy was excessive and i think it was good the judge acquitted him of that charge, but i think what manning did was appalling. i think he betrayed his fellow members of the military and service and he should be going to prison and will be. glen, i know you disagree.
our producer has just left the courtroom and called in this information. he tells us private first class manning has been found not guilty. not guilty of aiding the enemy and that s the charge that might have carried the maximum sentence of life in prison. he was found guilty of most of the remaining charges against him with the judge accepting some of the guilty pleas he made to previous lesser charges. the other charges against manning have included wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the internet, transmitting national defense information, theft of public property. we ll find out the details of what she s accepted in these other matters. the most fantastic for bradley manning found not guilty on the charge of aiding the enemy. i think it s very interesting because the prosecution made the