Syracuse, NY -- The Army private who military officials call a “person of interest” in their investigation of thousands of classified documents released to the website WikiLeaks was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum. Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, 22, has already been charged with downloading classified information from a computer at...
Pfc. Bradley E. ManningSyracuse, NY -- The Army private who military officials call a “person of interest” in their investigation of thousands of classified documents released to the website WikiLeaks was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum.
Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, 22, has already been charged with downloading classified information from a computer at a base in Iraq and sending it to WikiLeaks in a previous incident.
He had been confined at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait since May 29.
The Army this morning said Manning has been transferred to the Quantico Marine Base in Virginia. The case is being transferred to the U.S. Army Military District of Washington.
Manning’s unit in Iraq is in the process of coming home to Fort Drum, the army said.
Manning, of Potomac, Md., joined the Army in October 2007 as an intelligence analyst and was assigned to the 2nd Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division.
He has received the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.