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Manning's leaks endangered informants: trial witness
Source: Reuters
Manning's leaks endangered informants: trial witness
By Tom Hals
FORT MEADE, Maryland | Fri Aug 2, 2013 6:02pm EDT
(Reuters) - A State Department official contended in court on Friday that convicted soldier Bradley Manning's leaks of classified diplomatic cables led to foreign informants being moved over fears for their safety.
The official, Michael Kozak, was called by U.S. military prosecutors to testify in the sentencing phase of Manning's court-martial over the purported damage done by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks' publication in 2010 of hundreds of thousands of documents and video it received from the Iraq-based soldier.
But Kozak would not say how many people were moved or put at risk, saying he felt that information was classified.
Pressed by Judge Colonel Denise Lind to explain why she should not treat his assessment as hearsay, Kozak acknowledged: "It's not the kind of thing I can put a precise measure on."
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By Tom Hals
FORT MEADE, Maryland | Fri Aug 2, 2013 6:02pm EDT
(Reuters) - A State Department official contended in court on Friday that convicted soldier Bradley Manning's leaks of classified diplomatic cables led to foreign informants being moved over fears for their safety.
The official, Michael Kozak, was called by U.S. military prosecutors to testify in the sentencing phase of Manning's court-martial over the purported damage done by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks' publication in 2010 of hundreds of thousands of documents and video it received from the Iraq-based soldier.
But Kozak would not say how many people were moved or put at risk, saying he felt that information was classified.
Pressed by Judge Colonel Denise Lind to explain why she should not treat his assessment as hearsay, Kozak acknowledged: "It's not the kind of thing I can put a precise measure on."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/02/us-usa-wikileaks-manning-idUSBRE9710WK20130802