United States vs. Manning

United States vs. Manning

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

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2009-06-29

When Bradley Manning is stationed at Fort Drum, NY Army Secretary Peter Geren visits. While Geren is there he visits a 'innovative program proving mental health care to soldiers.' The 10th Mountain Division (LI) headquarters returned in May 2009 from deployment to Iraq. Three of the division's brigade-sized units are currently deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Bradley Manning's brigade is preparing for deployment to Iraq.

2009-07-20

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announces plans to add up to 22,000 soldiers to the US Army's ranks. 'The cumulative effect of these factors is that the Army faces a period where its ability to continue to deploy combat units at acceptable 'fill rates' is at risk,' he said. 'Based on current deployment estimates, this is a temporary challenge which will peak in the coming year and abate over the course of the next three years.' Gates also speaks vaguely on strictly implementing don't ask, don't tell and future legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act

2009-09-25

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division deployment ceremony at Fort Drum, NY. Present are Colonel David M. Miller, 2nd Brigade Combat Team commander, Sergeant Major Joseph A. Montour, 2nd BCT Command Sergeant Major, and Major General James L. Terry, 10th Mountain Division (LI) and Fort Drum commander. The 2nd Brigade Combat Team will serve a year long deployment in Iraqi. Colonel Kenneth H. Riddle, is the Fort Drum garrison commander

2009-10-19

US Army cancels 1st Brigade's deployment to Iraq. In July of 2009, the Department of Defense had announced that both the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade Combat Teams, 10th Mountain Division would deploy to Iraq in 2009 and 2010. 'This (decision) is based on General Odierno's assessment of the security environment in Iraq,' Bryan Whitman Pentagon Spokesperson explained. 'It reflects the continuing improvements in the ability of the Iraqi security forces to be able to safeguard their people as well as their institutions'

2010-02-02

Secretary or Defense Robert Gates announces to the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Department of Defense has established a panel to prepare the military for the potential elimination of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy that bans openly gay people from serving in the armed forces.

2010-04-12

Department of Defense press release says WikiLeaks is a 'a whistle-blowing Web site that publishes anonymous submissions and leaked documents.' Gates also says, 'I think it should not have any lasting consequences.' 'Asked if the release of the video would damage the image of the United States in the world, Gates said he didn't think so.'

2010-07-26

Marine Corps Colonel Dave Lapan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Operations, says Pentagon is in the process of accessing the leaks, assessment could take weeks, so far nothing relevant, and admits that documents are 'secret' and not 'top secret'

2010-07-26

Department of Defense press release announces that Pentagon is in the process of assessing the Afghan War Diary publication

2010-07-27

President Barack Obama speaks about the WikiLeaks publication of the Afghan War Diary. These are Obama's first public comments about WikiLeaks disclosures.

2010-07-27

Marine Corps Col. Dave Lapan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Operations, says Army CID is investigating the case of 'Army Spc. Bradley Manning, who has been charged with leaking a video of a U.S. helicopter attack in Iraq to WikiLeaks. The document leaks investigation is a continuation or extension of the existing open investigation on Manning, Lapan said.'

Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said that Manning 'is a person of interest with regards to this leak, but we just don't know at this point.' Morrell on Pakistan ISI, 'As Secretary Gates says, we're in the passenger seat. They're at the wheel,' Morrell continued. 'They determine the direction and the pace, but we're going to be their partner in this effort.' Regarding threat assessment Morrell says, 'And are there any things in there that could jeopardize our operations or our nation's security?' he continued. 'We just don't know at this point.'

2010-07-28

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates phones Director of the FBI Robert Muller and asks for 'assistance in our investigation as a partner.'

2010-07-29

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Mike Mullen hold a press conference about the publication of the Afghan War Diary by WikiLeaks. Mullen says WikiLeaks and source, 'may have blood on their hands.'

2010-07-29

Vice President Joseph Biden appears on NBC's 'Today' with Ann Curry from Fort Drum, NY where the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division arrived home from Iraq. Biden talks about the WikiLeaks publication of the Afghan War Diary, which revealed that Pakistan's ISI supported the Taliban while accepting US funding to fight against them.

2010-07-30

Marine Corps Col. David Lapan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Operations, quoted in Department of Defense press release saying, 'It's absolutely false that WikiLeaks contacted the White House and offered to have them look through the documents.' 'The press release also mentions Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Navy Admiral Mike Mullen's 'blood on their hands' statement and calls the Pakistan's relationship with the ISI 'alleged'

2010-08-06

Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell demands WikiLeaks return 'stolen documents'. According to Morrell The New York Times only 'reviewed' the documents. Morrell details the composition and tactics of the Defense Intelligence Agency Information Review Task Force.

2010-08-12

Department of Defense press release of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates photo opportunity on the USS Higgins mentions WikiLeaks, 'The sailors also wanted the straight talk on the WikiLeaks situation. Gates said the illegal release and posting of classified documents on the website poses 'very serious consequences'. The documents contain the names of many Afghans who have helped the coalition and they contain a huge amount of information showing the tactics, techniques and procedures used by coalition forces.'

2010-08-18

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman says Timothy J. Matusheski was a 'no show' for a telephone call' when his name and 'purported status as a WikiLeaks attorney' came up in an investigation of the document leak.

2010-10-22

Department of Defense says 'neither the Iraq, nor Afghanistan data bases contain intelligence sources and methods.' 'A DOD task force has been combing through the Iraq data base to assess the damage that a proposed WikiLeaks publication of 400,000 significant activity reports could pose to the U.S. military, Iraqi allies, and on-going operations.' '[D]epartment [of Defense] does not know for sure what Wikileaks will publish, but officials expect the same type of documents the organization put on the Internet in July about the Afghan conflict.'

2010-10-22

With WikiLeaks publication of the raq War Logs, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell says, 'That danger is now exponentially multiplied as a result of this leak because it gives our enemies the wherewithal to look for vulnerabilities in how we operate and to exploit those opportunities and potentially kill our forces. That is just shameful.' Morrel goes on to say, 'Potentially what one could mine from a huge data base like this are vulnerabilities in terms of how we operate, our tactics, our techniques, our procedures, the capabilities of our equipment, how we respond in combat situations, response times -- indeed how we cultivate sources.' Morrell said. Morell also says, 'US intelligence reports and Taliban public statements indicate that enemy forces have been mining the released Afghan data base for operational vulnerabilities.'

2010-11-28

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on the WikiLeaks release of Department of State cables, 'releasing stolen and classified documents, Wikileaks has put at risk not only the cause of human rights but also the lives and work of these individuals. We condemn in the strongest terms the unauthorized disclosure of classified documents and sensitive national security information.'

2010-11-29

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says, 'The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified information. It puts people's lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems...this disclosure is not just an attack on America's foreign policy interests. It is an attack on the international community the alliances and partnerships, the conversations and negotiations, that safeguard global security and advance economic prosperity.' Clinton also says, '[T]o the American people and to our friends and partners, I want you to know that we are taking aggressive steps to hold responsible those who stole this information. I have directed that specific actions be taken at the State Department.' Clinton says, 'Now, I am aware that some may mistakenly applaud those responsible, so I want to set the record straight: There is nothing laudable about endangering innocent people, and there is nothing brave about sabotaging the peaceful relations between nations on which our common security depends...There have been examples in history in which official conduct has been made public in the name of exposing wrongdoings or misdeeds. This is not one of those cases.'

2010-12-14

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Mike Mullen meets with Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Ashfaq Kayani, United States Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, and other US and Pakistani leaders. 'The two military leaders will discuss the continuing problem of militants along the Afghan-Pakistani border and the problems associated with Afghan Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan, the chairman said. The stolen classified materials published on the WikiLeaks website may complicate the situation, Mullen acknowledged, but he said he is comfortable his relationship with military leaders in Pakistan can handle any awkward issues. They will discuss hard issues, and his relationship will allow that, he said.'

2011-03-10

United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Hearing 'Information Sharing and WikiLeaks' with testimony by Paul Kshemendra, Program Manager Office of National Intelligence; Corin Stone, Executive Office of National Intelligence; Teresa Takai, Chief Information Officer Department of Defense; Thomas Ferguson, Principal Deputy Undersecretary, Department of Defense; and Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary for Management Department of State.

2011-03-10

United States Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the 'current and future worldwide threats' to the national security with James R. Clapper, Jr. Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Clapper says IP theft is a national security threat, and remarks on WikiLeaks disclosures as damaging from an intelligence perspective, 'chilling effect' on future sources.

2011-04-18

Pentagon press release announces 'assistant secretary of defense for Public Affairs, spoke about Wikileaks and social media issues with interviewer Vago Muradian on 'This Week in Defense News'. The release goes on to say, 'WikiLeaks episode underscores the need for government-wide laws and policies that address the unintended consequences of 'technology at the intersection of national security,' Douglas B. Wilson, the Pentagon's lead communicator said yesterday.'

2011-04-19

Jeh C. Johnson, the Defense Department's general counsel, announces that Bradley Manning will be transferred to Fort Leavenworth. Commander of the Joint Regional Correctional Facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Dawn Hilton, says, 'Typically, pre-trial prisoners are not incarcerated at a level 1 facility [Marine Corps Base Quantico Brig] for more than a couple months' Manning was incarcerated at the Quantico Brig been for nine months. Johnson also says, 'There's no legal reason why it couldn't be transferred, but the case will reside here [MDW], and I believe that's the plan.'

2011-12-16

Department of Defense Press Release for the Bradley Manning Article 32 Pretrial Hearing

2011-12-22

Department of Defense published press release at the end of Bradley Manning's Article 32 Pretrial Hearing refers to WikiLeaks as a 'whistle-blowing website.'

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