Military Prosecutor concluded their case on Tuesday against soldiers accused of the largest in U.S. history confidential documents leaked WikiLeaks secret treasure trove of material.
Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, faces 21 charges, including espionage, computer fraud, the most serious is that collaborators. If convicted, Manning could face life in prison without parole.
Judge Dennis Linde Colonel Daniel Lewis, the Defense Intelligence Agency counterintelligence adviser, the final prosecution witness, testified in a closed session. Non-confidential summary - mainly on the material Manning to WikiLeaks provide value - his testimony will be read into the record.
Lewis is the 28th in the government's witness, because the June 3 start of the trial. More than 50 written statements of witnesses the prosecution has already been submitted.
Linde from Wednesday to Monday, the court adjourned, "We will continue to defend the case," she said.
The defense listed 46 potential witnesses, and run to August 23 the trial is scheduled.
Manning's lawyer described him as naive, but well-intentioned, would like to tell the American public, in Afghanistan and Iraq war reality.
Prosecutors contend the security of the United States Army was destroyed, published on the website WikiLeaks anti-secrecy Manning provided classified information. They said that Manning receive more than 700,000 confidential documents, video and diplomatic cables battle while he was a junior high school in 2009 and 2010 intelligence analyst in Iraq.
U.S. accusation in jeopardy, the former head of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who testified that the prisoners held there leaked the details of the "serious" damage national security is threatened.
Self-satisfied
Military prosecutors trying to portray Manning loner boasted his expertise with computers and the ability to crack the password. They argue that arrogance drove Manning leaked the information.
Manning's lawyer David Coombs said the soldiers from Crescent, Oklahoma, I believe leaked material that will not harm the interests of the United States, because it lacks operational value.
Coombs argued Manning, who is gay, when he struggled with his sexual identity arrived in Iraq, he was exposed to war and military conflicts treasure trove of data.
Dressed in dark uniforms, slightly Manning sat quietly throughout the trial, so far, his defense counsel and tall dwarfs listening to his chin on his fist, or down in his chair.
The case as a ground, the crowd of people, full of tiny court reduced to about half a dozen early Tuesday. About a dozen reporters after trial by closed-circuit television, far less than the population in the case open.
Manning had an outpost in eastern Baghdad's testimony at Fort Meade outside Washington, home of the super-secret National Security Agency, has created a laid-back atmosphere.
He and other analysts often listen to music, play video games or watch movies while they are on duty, it should be tracking the rebels and the "base" organization, witnesses said.
WikiLeaks return headlines last month when it helps organizations departure from Hong Kong to Moscow fugitive former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange (Julian Assange) has refuge in Ecuador Embassy in London, in the past year, in order to avoid being extradited to Sweden, where he will face questioning about allegations of rape and sexual assault.
Assange, an Australian, said WikiLeaks' release of U.S. and other government charges embarrassing information is revenge.
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