WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a news conference in London on Oct. 23, 2010. Lennart Preiss/AP
British police officers arrest a protester in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the front of Ecuadorian Embassy in central London Aug. 16, 2012. Sang Tan/AP
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (r.) is escorted into a courthouse at Fort Mead, Md., for the fourth day of his court martial, June 10, 2013. Manning is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WikiLeaks. He faces up to life in prison. Cliff Owen/AP
Protesters display signs during a rally in support of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning outside of Fort Meade, Md., June 1, 2013. Manning, who is scheduled to face a court martial beginning June 3, is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified records to WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad. Patrick Semansky/AP
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks makes a statement from a balcony of the Equador Embassy in London, Aug. 19, 2012. Assange called on US President Barack Obama to end a 'witch hunt' against the secret-spilling WikiLeaks organization. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
A protester wearing a mask waits for Julian Assange to speak to the media outside the Ecuador embassy in London Aug. 19, 2012. Olivia Harris/Reuters
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves from a window with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino (r.) at Ecuador's embassy in central London June 16, 2013. Assange sought asylum in the embassy on June 19, 2012, in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden. Chris Helgren/Reuters
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves the High Court in London November 2, 2011. Paul Hackett/Reuters
Daniel Ellsberg speaks during a rally in support of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning outside the gates of Fort Meade, Md., June 10, 2013. Ellsberg, the whistleblower responsible for releasing the Pentagon Papers, called the revelations by government contractor Edward Snowden on US secret surveillance programs the most 'significant disclosure' in the nation's history. Patrick Semansky/AP
Julian Assange interviews Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during his new 'The World Tomorrow' talk show, in this frame taken from footage provided by Russia Today, April 17, 2012. Nasrallah has become the first guest at a television talk show series hosted by Assange and aired by Kremlin-funded channel Russia Today. Reuters
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives to deliver a statement about WikiLeaks lead at the State Department in Washington November 29, 2010. The US deeply regrets any disclosure of classified information as a result of whistle-blower website WikiLeaks' release to the media of more than 250,000 US State Department cables, Clinton said. Yuri Gripas/Reuters
Iraqi people surf the internet for the WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in US history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 US-led invasion. Khalid Mohammed/AP
René Pérez Joglar, better known as, Residente, from the Latin music group Calle 13 (l.) and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during a songwriting session at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, June 12, 2013. Residente traveled to London to collaborate with Assange on a song about censorship. Calle 13/AP
Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange show letters that read 'Free Assange' as they wait for his appearance in front of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, June 16, 2013. Assange has been living at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for a year, after the UK Supreme Court refused his appeal against extradition. Assange is wanted in Sweden for sexual assault allegations by two women, claims which he denies. Frank Augstein/AP
Newspaper fronts reporting on the documents released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks are seen in New York, November 29, 2010. The White House said the release of the documents could endanger the lives of people who live under 'oppressive regimes' and 'deeply impact' the foreign policy interests of the United States, its allies and partners around the world. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping US surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district, June 20, 2013. A WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Snowden has reached out to government officials in Iceland about the potential of the NSA leaker applying for asylum in the Nordic country, officials there said. Kin Cheung/AP
Defense lawyers say the prosecution has not proven that Pfc. Bradley Manning intended to aid the enemy in releasing classified information to WikiLeaks.
Defense and prosecution lawyers in a military courtroom Monday battled over whether the most serious charge against Army Pfc. Bradley Manning – aiding the enemy – should be dropped along with several lesser charges, because the government failed to provide sufficient proof.
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