By RFE RLU.S. soldier Bradley Manning has apologized for handing over secret U.S. military and diplomatic documents to the WikiLeaks website, in what was the biggest leak of classified data in American historyThe Army private first class said at the sentencing phase of his court-martial August 14 that his leaks “hurt the United States.”
Manning, 25, told the court at Fort Meade, Maryland, that he was now ready to face punishment.
Manning could be sentenced to 90 years in prison for providing hundreds of thousands of classified documents and other materials to WikiLeaks.
Earlier, an Army psychologist told the court that Manning faced extra stress because he had questions about his male gender identity.
Manning leaked the material while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq in 2010. – Eurasia Review
