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                  Verdict Expected in Manning WikiLeaks Trial

   The judge presiding over the court-martial of an Army private charged
   with leaking U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks says she will announce her
   verdict Tuesday.
   Bradley Manning was serving as an intelligence analyst in Iraq when he
   sent a vast cache of secret diplomatic cables and classified military
   reports from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the anti-secrecy
   website.
   Manning has admitted leaking 700,000 documents, pleading guilty to 10
   lesser charges, including espionage and computer fraud. He faces a
   possible life sentence.
   But Manning has denied other charges, including the most serious one --
   that he knowingly helped enemies of the United States, most notably
   Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida.
   The defense attorney has argued that Manning is no traitor but a
   "young, naive and good-intentioned" citizen who wanted to encourage
   public debate about U.S. foreign policy.
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