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Bradley Manning: Hero or Criminal?

Pfc. Bradley Manning may get life in prison for releasing almost three-quarters-of-a-million classified documents.  Today we’ll hear about Manning’s pre-trial, WikiLeaks and the classification of information that poses no risk to national security.

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By Warren Olney • Dec 21, 2011 • 50m Listen

Pfc. Bradley Manning may get life in prison for releasing almost three-quarters-of-a-million classified documents. Today we’ll hear about Manning’s pre-trial, WikiLeaks and the classification of information that poses no risk to national security. Also, fugitive Iraqi Vice President denies ordering killings as Prime Minister issues arrest warrant. On Reporter's Notebook, scientific tests prove origin of Stonehenge rock.

Banner Image: US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning (R) arrives alongside a military official at a US military Magistrate Court facility for an Article 32 hearing at Fort Meade, Maryland on December 18, 2011. Manning is accused of downloading 260,000 US diplomatic cables, videos of US air strikes and US military reports from Afghanistan and Iraq between November 2009 and May 2010 and turning them over to WikiLeaks in what has been called one of the most serious intelligence breaches in US history. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Caitlin Shamberg

    KCRW

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    Anna Scott

    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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