It was one of the more contentious moments of the trial so far. At one point, defense attorney David Coombs was standing to the side of the lectern in the courtroom while two military prosecutors, Cpt. Hunter Whyte and Maj. Ashden Fein, stood behind the lectern trying to make their case to the judge about the legitimacy of this sample AUP. Coombs stated in military court at Fort Meade that the defense was objecting because three of the counts Manning faces “rise and fall” on whether he violated the AUP. He is accused of “knowingly” exceeding “his authorized access on a Secret Internet Protocol Router network (SIPRNet) computer” in Specification 2 and Specification 3 to “obtain information” that was classified. These are both alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). (Note: Specifications are like counts.) It also could apparently be a factor in proving another specification that alleges Manning had “unauthorized possession of information relating to the national defense”—a video file that prosecutors claim was in a Farah investigation folder on US Central Command, which Manning willfully communicated without authorization in violation of the Espionage Act. Kevin Gosztola
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:32:54 +0000
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