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. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange entered the embassy in June in an attempt to gain political asylum to prevent him from being extradited to Sweden, where he faces allegations of sex crimes, which he denies. Sang Tan/AP
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks makes a statement from a balcony of the Equador Embassy in London, Aug. 19, 2012. Assange called on United States 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
Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino gestures at a news conference where he announced that Ecuador would grant asylum to Julian Assange, in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 16, 2012. Dolores Ochoa/AP
A demonstrator shows a bandana with the face of Julian Assange during a rally in front of the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 20, 2012. People gathered at the square in front of the government palace to support President Rafael Correa after he granted political asylum to Assange. The bandana reads: 'Without true freedom of expression there is no sovereignty.' Dolores Ochoa/AP
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa talks to Christine Assange, mother of Julian Assange, at the balcony of the Carondelet Palace during their meeting in Quito on Aug. 1, 2012. Julian Assange has been holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for nearly six weeks as he awaits a decision on his asylum request by the leftist government of Rafael Correa. Kevin Granja/Reuters
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
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media outside the High Court in central London November 2, 2011. Assange should be extradited from Britain to Sweden to face questioning over alleged sex crimes, London's High Court ruled, rejecting his appeal against the move. Andrew Winning/Reuters
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange leaves the High Court in London November 2, 2011. Paul Hackett/Reuters
Swedish Director of Prosecution Marianne Ny answers questions during a news conference at the police headquarters in Gothenburg December 7, 2010. The sexual misconduct case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a personal matter and not connected with his work releasing secret US diplomatic cables, Ny said. Adam Ihse/Scanpix Sweden/Reuters
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a statement about WikiLeaks lead at the State Department in Washington, November 29, 2010. The United States 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
Adm. Mike Mullen, the top US military officer, gestures during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, July 27, 2010. Mullen says the leak of US military documents about Afghanistan could put American lives at risk. Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in Baghdad that he was 'appalled' by the leak, and said 'there is a real potential threat there to put American lives at risk.' Maya Alleruzzo/AP
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (r.) is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., June 25, 2012, after a pre-trial hearing. Manning is charged with aiding the enemy by causing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to be published on the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks. Patrick Semansky/AP
A screen shot of a web browser shows the wikileaks.ch home page with Julian Assange next to the out of service wikileaks.com domain, in Lavigny, December 4, 2010. WikiLeaks moved its website address from http://wikileaks.org to the Swiss http://wikileaks.ch after two US Internet providers ditched it and Paris tried to ban French servers from hosting its database of leaked information. Valentin Flauraud/Reuters
A combination photo shows world leaders mentioned in cables released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks on November 28, 2010. The leaders are (top row l.-r.) Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, German chancellor Angela Merkel, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, (middle row l.-r.) Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, (bottom l.-r.) Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron. Staff/Reuters
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
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange holds up a copy of a newspaper during a press conference at the Frontline Club in central London, July 26, 2010. Andrew Winning/Reuters
The court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning began Monday. Manning has said the documents he sent to WikiLeaks served a valuable purpose. Others agree, but that might not help him legally.
It was during his tour in Iraq in 2010 as he was serving as an intelligence analyst that Pfc. Bradley Manning watched a video stored in the US military’s database that showed two pilots accidentally shooting civilians, among them children and two Reuters reporters.
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