Bradley Manning Trial Begins

The trial of Army PFC Bradley Manning began earlier today.  Bradley has allegedly leaked 700,000 U.S. government documents to Wikileaks, resulting in the following charges, as reported by ABC News.

The most serious of the 22 charges Manning faces is aiding the enemy for which Manning could face life in prison if convicted. The additional charges include wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the Internet knowing that it is accessible to the enemy; theft of public property or records; transmitting defense information; fraud and related activity in connection with computers.

Read the story at the above link.  H/T to Yankeemom for Tweeting this to my attention.