Despite striking transparency gains in the Bradley Manning
court-martial, the U.S. military continues to classify and redact key
elements of the young soldier's trial from public scrutiny, observers of
the case have said.
The trial over the largest intelligence leak in U.S. history was initially expected to be among the most secretive cases. Prosecutors had requested, and received, permission to close as much as one-third of the proceedings to the public.
By the end of the government's case, however, only two prosecution witnesses briefly testified in classified sessions. Several written filings have also been redacted in part or in full.
Steven Aftergood, a transparency advocate who directs the Project on Government Secrecy, said he believes that the "intensity of public interest in this case took [the military] by surprise, and compelled a change in behavior."
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/07/17/59456.htm
The trial over the largest intelligence leak in U.S. history was initially expected to be among the most secretive cases. Prosecutors had requested, and received, permission to close as much as one-third of the proceedings to the public.
By the end of the government's case, however, only two prosecution witnesses briefly testified in classified sessions. Several written filings have also been redacted in part or in full.
Steven Aftergood, a transparency advocate who directs the Project on Government Secrecy, said he believes that the "intensity of public interest in this case took [the military] by surprise, and compelled a change in behavior."
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/07/17/59456.htm
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