I heard the guy that made wikieaks got put in jail for leaking too many things off to the public, is this true?

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1. 

   Paco

   there was some dude who leaked videos and he faces 54YEARS! READ CB
   
   Manning, 23, a US army intelligence analyst brought up in the Oklahoma Bible belt and west Wales, is locked up with about half a dozen others in the marine-run facility in Quantico. He has had access to TV news and briefings from his lawyer, but little can have prepared him for the fury of the government he served about the impact of the cables leak.
   
   
   Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, said it "tore at the fabric of government" and pledged "aggressive steps to hold responsible those who stole this information". Republicans branded it terrorism.
   
   
   Manning faces a court martial and up to 52 years in prison for his alleged role in copying the diplomatic cables, as well as the leak of military logs about incidents in Afghanistan and Iraq and a classified military video which showed a crew of an American Apache helicopter gunning down a group of men who they thought had a rocket launcher. They turned out to include Reuters staff with a TV camera.
   
   
   He is said by friends to be on antidepressants and only a limited list of visitors are able to see him, yet one who saw him in recent weeks told the Guardian he was "doing surprisingly well, he is in high spirits".
   
   
   In the new year he will face a pre-trial hearing, then, his lawyer expects, a public court martial in New York state in the spring.
   
   
   So far he does not have enough money to pay for his defence, the costs of which have been estimated at $130,000 (£84,000).
   
   
   A fundraising exercise set up in his name by the Courage to Resist Fund has raised $90,000 to date, from donations and selling "Free Bradley Manning" T-shirts and badges.
   
   
   But who is Bradley Manning, and what motivated him?
   
   
   Some insight into what drives him can be gleaned from the online chat he had from Iraq with a former hacker in which he talked about how he felt that no one had ever noticed him in life.

   Report abuse     Sep 1, 2011 07:03 AM  |   Thumb Up (0)   0 (0)

2. 

   Amy

   hasn't the site already been shutdown hm the owner is facing charges along with those who made the videos of the soliders whilst they were abusing innocent people :X it was discusting they were killing, a innocent young boy enjoying it whilst shooting at him

   Report abuse     Sep 1, 2011 07:07 AM  |   Thumb Up (0)   0 (0)

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   Zeriya

   whoever made it was doing a good job opening the eyes of the public!

   Report abuse     Sep 1, 2011 07:11 AM  |   Thumb Up (0)   0 (0)

4. 

   JohnDeagle

   cool people dont deserve jail :(

   Report abuse     Sep 1, 2011 07:24 AM  |   Thumb Up (0)   0 (0)

5. 

   SLRLOVER

   He snitched so many people lol, what goes around, certainly does come back around

   Report abuse     Sep 1, 2011 07:40 AM  |   Thumb Up (0)   0 (0)

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   Arslan

   yea its retarded, he shouldve been givin a medal

   Report abuse     Sep 1, 2011 05:31 PM  |   Thumb Up (0)   0 (0)

7. 

   Wasssel

   He's like the most powerful guy on the planet. Because he has read and got information that could spread wars all over the world.

   Report abuse     Sep 2, 2011 11:36 AM  |   Thumb Up (0)   0 (0)

8. 

   Nerd

   He shouldve seen it coming -.-
   It's obvious that he would get put into jail.
   If you get caught doing something as small as piracy, you would get put into jail as well. So making a whole new website and giving out information that the government wanted to hide would OBVIOUSLY put him on their bad books :s

   Report abuse     Sep 9, 2011 10:36 PM  |   Thumb Up (0)   0 (0)

9. 

   JoshGriffiths

   haha funny if it is

   Report abuse     Sep 15, 2011 11:13 AM  |   Thumb Up (0)   0 (0)

10. 

    Arslan

    crazyyyyy

    Report abuse     Sep 15, 2011 11:03 PM  |   Thumb Up (0)   0 (0)