Lawyer Asim Ghafoor is an American citizen, but the US government spying on him? He’s one of at least five Muslim Americans the government is monitoring, according to a new revelation.Lawyer Asim Ghafoor is an American citizen, but the US government spying on him? He’s one of at least five Muslim Americans the government is monitoring, according to a new revelation.
Bradley Manning, the US Army Private who leaked thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks, is scheduled to face a court martial early next year that could send him to prison for life. But before that, there are some important legal matters to settle.
Coming up, The Takeaway turns to Fort Meade, Florida, where the pretrial hearing of Private Bradley Manning is underway. Manning is accused of passing on state secrets to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Could his case reshape how Americans look at secrecy in the military?
Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of channeling hundreds of thousands of classified government documents to WikiLeaks, will make his first court appearance in Fort Meade, Maryland on Friday. Manning faces a maximum possible sentence of life in prison without parole.