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Bradley Manning moves step closer to full court martial
Investigating officer in pre-trial hearing recommends that 22 charges against WikiLeaks suspect be referred to military trialBradley Manning, the US soldier accused of having been the source of the massive WikiLeaks dump of state secrets, is one step closer towards the possibility of spending the rest of his life in military confinement after the officer who presided over his pre-trial hearing recommended he be sent to a full court martial. Colonel Paul Almanza, the investigating officer at last month’s hearing in Fort Meade, Maryland, has written to his superiors recommending that all 22 charges against Manning be referred to a general court martial – the most serious military trial.