WikiLeaks: Judge refuses to throw out charges against Bradley Manning
A military judge refused on Wednesday to throw out the charges against Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of providing thousands of sensitive documents to WikiLeaks in the biggest leak of government secrets in the country's history. - Colonel Denise Lind, the judge presiding over Pfc Manning's court-martial, denied the defense motion to dismiss all 22 charges during a pre-trial hearing. Pfc Manning is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website run by Julian Assange. The US government says the publication of that material online aided al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The defense has filed several motions seeking dismissal of individual charges, including the most serious, aiding the enemy. The offence carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.