The hearing against the deep throat of Wikileaks enters its third day

The audience military against the American soldier Bradley Manning, accused of filter thousands of secrets to WikiLeaks, documents today enters its third day once defense proposing disorders of sexual release.

In the first full meeting of the reference for a preliminary hearing that military jurisdiction continues against him, the lawyers of the soldier portrayed it as a young man in fight with itself and tried to show that his superiors could have been avoided in time the consequences of his conduct.

The objective of this phase of the procedure is to determine if Manning should be judged by the ordinary courts or submit to a Council of war, for very serious offences such as "helping the enemy", which can lead him the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Later initial day, on Friday, in which the Defense tried to challenge the Chairman of the hearing for alleged bias, yesterday was devoted u000ato listen to the first witnesses and revelations were not expected to.

Manning had reported to a superior, Sergeant Paul D. Adkins, his disorder of sexual identity that affected their behaviour and their ability to concentrate, according to the testimony of a secret service officer, Captain Steven Lim.

Lim was the head of the section of military intelligence which Manning provided their services in Baghdad within the 2nd Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division according today newspaper The Washington Post.

Adkins was not aware of Lim disorders of the soldier until that Manning was arrested in May 2010.

Knew of its instability a lot before that it was aimed at Iraq in the autumn of 2009, but did not recommend to stay in the United States.UU. due to the shortage of specialists like him in the army

Had already in Iraq, according to other witnesses, Manning starred incidents which could have led to u000awhich withdraw you the authorization to access confidential databases whose contents allegedly leaked to Wikileaks.

One of their lawyers, major Matthew Kemkes, based his defence to demonstrate that the hostile environment that had been exposed for being homosexual Manning had contributed to it to develop mental health problems and emotional.

A special agent of the U.S. Army.UU., Calder Robertson, expert in cybercrime investigation, was asked about mental disorders of Manning

Robertson, who said by telephone from Germany, in response to the questions of defence, acknowledged that it was aware that the accused used the nickname female Aucune Manning in some social networks and chats in internet.

The audience on the Manning case continues today, at Fort George Meade, Maryland (northeast of the United States.)(UU.), under the chairmanship of the official Paul Almanza, who is Lieutenant-Colonel and u000acareer in the Department of Justice prosecutor American.

Counsel for the American soldier David Coombs, requested on Friday, at the beginning of the procedure, the disqualification of Almanza, because the Justice Department is carrying out a criminal investigation against the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.

The Defense suspects that the trial against Manning is actually a way for rounding up Assange.

The own Almanza rejected Friday the disqualification, which was also rejected on Saturday by the Court of military appeals.

Manning, who served during the hearing of 24 years, yesterday leads year and average detainee.

While he held the audience numerous protesters gathered nearby in support of the soldier.

Manning is accused of delivering to WikiLeaks, the Platform founded by Julian Assange, thousands of confidential documents on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and the State Department cables that have u000amade numerous diplomatic embarrassment to the United States.U.S.

The soldier was arrested after being accused by the hacker Adrian Lamo to be "deep throat" from WikiLeaks.

Manning was detained at the beginning at the Base of the marine infantry Corps in Quantico, Virginia, where he was subjected to isolation.

Several international organizations, including United Nations, denounced the treatment of received the soldier, who came to ensure that forced it to sleep naked in his cell.

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