{"id":62082,"date":"2012-11-27T13:30:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=62082"},"modified":"2012-11-27T13:30:37","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T13:30:37","slug":"bradley-manning-to-speak-for-first-time-since-arrest-in-pre-trial-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bradley-manning-to-speak-for-first-time-since-arrest-in-pre-trial-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradley Manning To Speak For First Time Since Arrest In Pre-trial Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bradley+Manning&amp;x=3&amp;y=4\">Bradley Manning<\/a><\/span>, the soldier accused of being behind the largest leak of state secrets in US history, is expected this week to speak publicly for the first time since his arrest in May 2010.\u00a0The alleged source of the massive\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/category\/wikileaks\/\">WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0dump of hundreds of thousands of US diplomatic cables and war logs is expected to be called as a witness at the latest pre-trial hearing opening in Fort Meade army base in\u00a0Maryland\u00a0on Tuesday afternoon. 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