News Release The U.S. Army Military District of Washington

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14-12 DATE: April 14, 2014

GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL CONVENING AUTHORITY APPROVED

PVT. BRADLEY E. MANNING’S RECORD OF TRIAL

FORT LESLEY J. McNAIR, DC - The general court-martial convening authority in the case against

Pvt. Bradley E. Manning approved the court-martial results on Thursday, April 10.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region and the U.S.

Army Military District of Washington, commanding general, approved the findings and sentence

adjudged at the court-martial. Buchanan’s decision comes after consideration of clemency matters

submitted by Manning’s defense counsel in March. His decision to approve the results of the court-

martial, which concluded on Aug. 21, 2013, means that no clemency was granted in the case.

Manning’s case will be appealed, automatically, to the Army Court of Criminal Appeals in accordance

with the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Manning pled guilty to 10 separate offenses but was ultimately found guilty of 20 offenses,

including seven specifications of wrongful possession and transmission of national defense information,

five specifications of theft of government information, two specifications of unauthorized access to a

government computer and wrongful possession and transmission of protected government information,

five specifications of violation of lawful regulations related to his computer use and storage of classified

information, and one specification of wrongful publication of U.S. intelligence information. Manning

was sentenced to 35 years confinement; reduction to the rank of private (E-1); dishonorable discharge;

and forfeiture of all pay and allowances. Presiding judge Col. Denise Lind granted Manning 1,293 days

of confinement credit against the sentence to confinement.

Buchanan’s options as convening authority included disapproval of all or part of the findings and

disapproval or modification of all or part of the sentence in the case. Convening authorities do not have

authority to impose additional punishment or change a court finding of not guilty to guilty.

Manning’s case will now be transferred to the Army Court of Criminal Appeals.

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