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limpyhobbler

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2. Another article on this, from The Guardian...
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 05:28 PM
Feb 2013
...
In her ruling, Lind denied Manning the right to present evidence at his trial that the US government is guilty of excessive secrecy. She said that the soldier had no authorisation within the army to determine whether a document was correctly or incorrectly classified – that was the job of trained government officials working in the "original classification authorities" or OCA.

"There is no nexus between general over-classification and the information allegedly communicated in this case," Lind said.

She rejected most of Manning's desired witnesses and evidence during the prosecution phase of the trial. He would be allowed only to call one witness – William Leonard of the National Archives and Records Administration – and to refer to the Reducing Over-Classification Act.

At sentencing, he might be allowed to present evidence of over-classification in mitigation in an attempt to reduce the punishment. But Lind said she would rule on that matter when the time comes.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/27/bradley-manning-obama-administration

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