BBC: US government lifts lid on alleged leak to WikiLeaks

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14 July 2010 Last updated at 06:50 ET

US government lifts lid on alleged leak to WikiLeaks
By Chris Vallance BBC News

WikiLeaks posts video of 'US military killings' in Iraq

The US state department has told the BBC it believes an alleged whistle-blower obtained secret diplomatic data despite being at a field base in Iraq.

Serviceman Bradley Manning, 22, faces two charges related to the illegal transfer and transmission of classified information from a US military network.

The US said he was suspected of downloading from SIPR Net.

He reportedly then passed on the data, including army videos and diplomatic messages, to the WikiLeaks website.

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" Diplomatic cables don't usually contain huge secrets but they do contain the unvarnished truth so in a sense they can be even more embarrassing than secrets”

End Quote Crispin Black Intelligence analyst

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VIDEO and more(disturbing):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10596057



more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10596057

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