FORT MEADE, Md., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army scheduled a Feb. 23 arraignment for Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, the former intelligence analyst accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.
Manning, awaiting a court-martial on charges including aiding the enemy and violating the Espionage Act, will return to Fort Meade in Maryland for the arraignment, The Baltimore Sun reported.
Manning, 24, is accused of giving hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, including raw field reports from Iraq and Afghanistan, diplomatic cables from U.S. embassies and a video of a U.S. helicopter attack in Baghdad.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison. While aiding the enemy is a capital offense, Army prosecutors have said they won't seek the death penalty.
Manning's attorneys described him as a troubled young man who was isolated from other soldiers and should not have been given access to the classified documents.
Anti-war activists have described the footage of the 2007 Apache helicopter attack as evidence of a war crime.
The video, released by WikiLeaks with the title "Collateral Murder," shows the attack that left 12 people dead, including a Reuters journalist and his driver. The U.S. helicopter crew can be heard laughing and referring to Iraqis as "dead bastards."
