US state department spokesman resigns after calling Pentagon ‘stupid’ over treatment of soldier accused over WikiLeaks.
Hacker: Why I turned FBI informer
Hacker, now in hiding, who turned in WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, says he got “coffee and a pat on the back”.
13 Mar 2011
Former US army soldier Bradley Manning is currently being held in defence department custody, at a military base in Virginia.
He was arrested in July, after the FBI received a tip-off from convicted computer hacker Adrian Lamo.
In this Al Jazeera exclusive interview, Monica Villamizar spoke to Lamo about Manning’s arrest.
Source : Al Jazeera
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