Bradley Manning Hearing Updates: Plea Preparations, Overclassification Ruling Expected

Firedoglake writes, Bradley Manning 1000 Days in Jail Protest in San Francisco A second day of proceedings in a motion hearing in the court martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning will be taking place at Fort Meade in Maryland this morning. The judge is expected to issue a ruling on the government’s motion to preclude evidence of overclassification—rather, that the information Manning released was publicly available information and remained improperly classified. As reported when the prosecution argued the motion, Cpt. Angel Overgaard asserted discussion of over-classification should be precluded because general…

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