By New York Times News Service
A MILITARY JUDGE on Wednesday sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for providing more than 700,000 government files to WikiLeaks, a gigantic leak that lifted the veil on military and diplomatic activities around the world.
The judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, said that Manning was dishonorably discharged.
Lind could have sentenced Manning, 25, to up to 90 years.
She found him guilty last month of most of the charges against him, including six counts of violating the Espionage Act, five counts of stealing government property and one count of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
He was acquitted of the most serious charge, “aiding the enemy,” a charge never before filed in a leak case.
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