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US judge raises bar in Bradley Manning case
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/04/2013410183858785108.html
A judge has ruled a commando can testify that documents Manning leaked were in bin Laden's compound [EPA]
US judge raises bar in Bradley Manning case
Last Modified: 10 Apr 2013 20:43
A judge has ruled that the US government must prove that Bradley Manning knowingly helped al-Qaeda by leaking secret documents to the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks to convict him of aiding the enemy.
Judge Denise Lind's ruling at a preliminary hearing in a Baltimore, Maryland, court on Wednesday raises the bar for convicting Manning, a US army private, of the most serious charge he faces.
Manning, 25, has admitted leaking the documents but denies aiding the enemy.
Colonel Lind said the prosecution in the military tribunal must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Manning had "reason to believe such information could be used to the injury of the US", by an armed group like al-Qaeda or another nation.