Alleged WikiLeaks Leaker Hires Civilian Defense Attorney

[kpete]

Source: Wired

Alleged WikiLeaks Leaker Hires Civilian Defense Attorney
* By Kim Zetter Email Author
* August 30, 2010 |
* 5:13 pm |


Pfc. Bradley Manning, the former intelligence analyst suspected of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, has hired a civilian attorney to defend him, according to a report.

David Coombs, a former U.S. Army attorney in Rhode Island, was named as Manning’s new attorney, according to the Associated Press.

According to his web site, Coombs’s civilian practice specializes in military court martial cases. He has handled military cases involving murder, robbery, drugs and sexual assault. His most high-profile case involved defending Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar, who was charged in 2003 with attacking and killing fellow U.S. soldiers in Kuwait. Akbar is currently awaiting execution for murdering two officers.

Coombs, who is in the Army Reserves, is also a former law professor at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia.




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[go west young man]

1. Good move considering all military lawyers are essentially under

the command of the people who are prosecuting you. And the military calls that justice.
What a load of bollocks.

[Lint Head]

2. He is a hero.