United States vs. Manning

A timeline of the U.S. investigation between 2006 to 2013

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2010-04-04
 
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Late Saturday night, shortly before all the work had to be finished, the journalists who had gone to Baghdad sent Assange an e-mail: they had found the two children in the van. The children had lived a block from the location of the attack, and were being driven to school by their father that morning. 'They remember the bombardment, felt great pain, they said, and lost consciousness,' one of the journalists wrote. The journalists also found the owner of the building that had been attacked by the Hellfires, who said that families had been living in the structure, and that seven residents had died. The owner, a retired English teacher, had lost his wife and daughter. An intense discussion arose about what to do with this news: Was it worth using at the National Press Club, or was it a better tactic to hold on to it? If the military justified the Hellfire attacks by claiming that there were no civilian casualties, WikiLeaks could respond by releasing the information, in a kind of ambush. Jonsdottir turned to Gonggrijp, whose eyes had welled up.

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Assange nodded. Gonggrijp, meanwhile, shoved some of Assange's things into a bag. He settled the bill with the owner.

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It took about an hour on Easter morning to get from the house on Grettisgata Street to Iceland's international airport, which is situated on a lava field by the sea. Assange, in the terminal, carried a threadbare blue backpack that contained hard drives, phone cards, and multiple cell phones. Gonggrijp had agreed to go to Washington to help with the press conference. He checked in, and the ticketing agent turned to Assange. 'I am sorry,' she said to him. 'I cannot find your name.' 'Interesting,' Assange said to Gonggrijp. 'Have fun at the press conference.' 'No,' Gonggrijp told the attendant. 'We have a booking I.D. number.' 'It's been confirmed,' Assange insisted. The attendant looked perplexed. 'I know,' she said. 'But my booking information has it 'cancelled.' ' The two men exchanged a look: was a government agency tampering with their plans? Assange waited anxiously, but it turned out that he had bought the ticket and neglected to confirm the purchase. He quickly bought another ticket, and the two men flew to New York and then rushed to catch the Acela to Washington. It was nearly two in the morning when they arrived. They got into a taxi, and Assange, who didn't want to reveal the location of his hotel, told the driver to go to a nearby cross street.
  Name(s:) Raffi Khatchadourian
  Title: Journalist
  Agency(ies): New Yorker
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