United States vs. Manning

United States vs. Manning

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

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2008-08-01

2008-08-31

Bradley Manning and Sergeant Chad Madaras take a DCGS class.

2009-07-01

2009-07-31

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division soldiers, who will be deploying for Iraq in October 2009, head to Joint Readiness Task Center (JRTC) in Fort Polk, La. In attendance is Bradley Manning and Sergeant Chad Madaras. During the rotation, Manning and Madaras did not work the same shift. Manning worked the day shift and Madaras worked nights.

2009-07-01

2009-07-31

Jason Allen Milliman, Field Software Engineer, deploys to FOB Hammer, Iraq as a civilian contractor in July 2009.

2009-08-31

Jason Allen Milliman, Field Software Engineer, become a contractor for an unknown company.

2009-10-01

2010-05-31

Intelink logs from October 2009 to May 2010 are later examined by Special Agent David Shaver, Army CCIU.

2009-10-15

Sergeant Chad Madaras arrives at FOB Hammer, Iraq. Specialist Daniel Padgett serves as the supervisor in the S2 T-SCIF, since there was no commissioned officer available.

2009-11-27

2010-12-19

Jason Allen Milliman, Field Software Engineer, deploys as a civilian contractor in Iraq on and off between November 27, 2007 and December 19, 2010.

2009-11-28

START DATE USG EVIDENCE SEARCH LOGS-- SEARCH LOGS-- 'RETENTION OF INTERROGATION' Evidence presented at the Article 32 Pretrial on December 18, 2011 by Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, of eight search logs around information related to 'retention of interrogation video' associated to the .40 computer start at November 28, 2009 and end at January 17, 2010.

2009-11-28

2010-01-17

USG EVIDENCE SEARCH LOGS-- SEARCH LOGS-- 'RETENTION OF INTERROGATION'-- Evidence presented at the Article 32 Pretrial on December 18, 2011 by Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, of eight search logs around information related to 'retention of interrogation video' associated to the .40 computer start at November 28, 2009 and end at January 17, 2010.

2009-12-01

2010-01-31

Alleged incident when Master Sergeant Adkins asked Bradley manning to move a projector. Manning got upset, slammed a chair, and charged in to the area. Adkins intervened and tried to calm him down and took him outside.

2009-12-01

START DATE USG EVIDENCE-- SEARCH LOGS 'WIKILEAKS' Evidence presented at the Article 32 Pretrial on December 18, 2011 by Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, for search queries from the Intelink logs ranged from December 1, 2009 to March 8, 2010 for the .40 computer. There were allegedly over 100 searches for the term 'WikiLeaks' and one of the searches was for 'ilr+WikiLeaks' between December 1, 2009 and March 8, 2010.

2009-12-01

2010-03-08

USG EVIDENCE-- SEARCH LOGS 'WIKILEAKS' Evidence presented at the Article 32 Pretrial on December 18, 2011 by Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, for search queries from the Intelink logs ranged from December 1, 2009 to March 8, 2010 for the .40 computer. There were allegedly over 100 searches for the term 'WikiLeaks' and one of the searches was for 'ilr+WikiLeaks' between December 1, 2009 and March 8, 2010.

2010-01-09

START DATE USG EVIDENCE-- SEARCH LOGS-- 'ICELAND' Evidence presented at the Article 32 Pretrial on December 18, 2011 by Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, for search queries from the Intelink logs showed search queries for the term Iceland beginning on January 9, 2010 and ending April 21, 2010. The searches were associated with the .22 computer from January 9, 2010 and April 21, 2010.

2010-01-09

2010-04-21

USG EVIDENCE-- SEARCH LOGS-- 'ICELAND' Evidence presented at the Article 32 Pretrial on December 18, 2011 by Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, for search queries from the Intelink logs showed search queries for the term Iceland beginning on January 9, 2010 and ending April 21, 2010. The searches were associated with the .22 computer from January 9, 2010 and April 21, 2010.

2010-01-17

END DATE USG EVIDENCE-- SEARCH LOGS-- 'RETENTION OF INTERROGATION VIDEO'-- Evidence presented at the Article 32 Pretrial on December 18, 2011 by Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, of eight search logs around information related to 'retention of interrogation video' associated to the .40 computer start at November 28, 2009 and end at January 17, 2010.

2010-03-01

2010-04-30

A three-tabbed Excel spreadsheet entitled 'backup.xls' found according to Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, on the .22. computer. The first tab was labeled 'Wget' and consisted of two columns. The first tab had 10,000 Message Record Numbers (MRN) for Department of State cables. The second column was 'the command line to download each of the cables in column one.' The second tab of the 'backup.xls' was entitled '0310-0410' and consisted of a list of Message Record Numbers (MRN) for Department of State cables that were published between March 2010 and April 2010. In the top left of the second tab was the sequence '251,288.' The third tab of the Excel spreadsheet entitled 'backup.xls' was entitled '0510' Message Record Numbers (MRN), embassy information, and classification type for all the Department of State cables. The Excel spreadsheet entitled 'backup.xls' was partially corrupted, but able to be opened.

2010-03-07

First use of Wget was in early March 2010, according to the testimony of Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU. 'This instance of WGet seemed to be to access the Gitmo detainee assessments. The forensic examiner was able to recreate the script and download Gitmo detainee logs. The forensic unit then downloaded the Gitmo logs published by WikiLeaks and compared them to what they pulled via WGet. According to Shaver, they matched.'

2010-03-08

END DATE Evidence presented at the Article 32 Pretrial on December 18, 2011 by Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, for search queries from the Intelink logs ranged from December 1, 2009 to March 8, 2010 for the .40 computer. There were allegedly over 100 searches for the term 'WikiLeaks' and one of the searches was for 'ilr+WikiLeaks' between December 1, 2009 and March 8, 2010.

2010-04-21

END DATE Evidence presented at the Article 32 Pretrial on December 18, 2011 by Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, for search queries from the Intelink logs showed search queries for the ternm Iceland beginning on January 9, 2010 and ending April 21, 2010. The searches were associated with the .22 computer from January 9, 2010 and April 21, 2010.

2010-05-01

2010-06-30

Special Agent David Shaver, Army CCIU, becomes involved in 'late May or early June' 2010 'when CCIU was assigned to the case.'

2010-05-04

On .22 computer, WGet was allegedly added on May 4, 2010, according to the testimony of Special Agent David Shaver, CCIU, but he testified that had found an earlier version in Windows PreFetch.

2010-05-20

On May 20, 2010 (Reitman notes year as 2009, but could be a typo) a large number of files were downloaded and then compiled into a .zip file on the .22 computer. These included jpg images such as presentations and documents from hospital burn victims related to the May 4, 2009 Garani air strike. During cross examination by the defense, Shaver admitted that he did not examine to .zip file because it was no longer present on the Alienware .22 computer.

2010-05-27

Special Agent Toni Graham, Army CID is serving in a battalion in Baghdad when she received instructions from her headquarters based on information from a confidential informant. She then receives a search warrant from a military magistrate. She develops a team, which includes Thomas Smith, a counter intelligence agent, and another individual

2010-05-27

Special Agent Toni Graham, Army CID, currently with the 102nd Military Police detatchment in Hawaii, is serving on a Battalion in Baghdad, Iraq when 'she received instructions from her headquarters based on information from a confidential informant who was in contact with the FBI. She then received a search warrant from a military magistrate and developed a team, including Thomas Smith, a counter intelligence agent, and another individual. Graham was charged with collecting the personal computer [of Bradley Manning] and additional digital devices related to the Bradley Manning investigation. She also canvassed acquaintances and collected his personal, SCIF computers, and 2 SIPR computers. Graham also searched the Containerized Housing Unit (CHU) where Manning resided. On July 12, 2010 took a personal computer, hard drive, cell phone, 10 DVDs, and 1 CD marked with the word 'secret' in a U.S. postal shipping package.' Graham also took one SIPRNet computer and another personal computer from the supply room. Graham also took another computer because she found out that Manning used a 'secret' scanner related to it. 'Graham testified that she'd received authorization to seize and search the devices via her commander.' Captain Peter Bigelow, whose computer Bradley Manning allegedly used while working under him in the supply room also gave her consent. Graham testified that she also had 'formal search authorization.'

2010-05-29

Special Agent Calder Robinson, Computer Crimes Investigative Unit (CCIU), the head of the European branch of CCIU receives a call and travels to Iraq to take control of digital evidence and conduct a preliminary forensic examination. He transports digital evidence back to to Camp Liberty in Baghdad to conduct preliminary forensic analysis.

2010-05-29

Special Agent Toni Graham, Army CID, signs affidavit that becomes the basis for Bradley Manning's pretrial confinement

2010-05-29

Special Agent Calder Robinson, Army CCIU, in charge of the European Branch office for Army CID, receives a call, and based on the information he receives, he travels to Baghdad, Iraq to take control of digital evidence and to conduct preliminary forensic examination. Robinson travels to Camp Liberty in Baghdad, because it is considered the best place to conduct preliminary forensic analysis. He then transports that evidence to INSERT for further forensic examination.

2010-05-29

Special Agent Toni Graham, Army CID, currently from the 102nd Military Police detachment in Hawaii, signs an affidavit that weighs heavily in the ruling that orders Bradley Manning into pretrial confinement. The affadvit says that Bradley Manning had released Top Secret classified material and U.S. State Department cables on the internet and would share more. Graham says that much of her affidavit was based on information from commanders a Fort Belvoir, Virginia, who received intelligence from a confidential informant. The affadvit mentioned an article in a military magazine 'Stars and Stripes' called 'A Wiki for a World of Secrets'

2010-06-06

2010-06-12

In the second week of June 2010, two Army CCIU agents obtain circle log files and firewall logs from the Department of State. When agents collect log files from the Department of State they are made aware of Intelink, which allows people to find classified documents on SIPRNet. Agents then collected logs on a disk from Intelink. Agents also collected logs from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the CIA. From ODNI, agents also collect logs of keywords people searched and CENTAUR logs based on IP address, which is the government name for NetFlow logs or connection logs to and from, time, date, and length.

2010-06-09

Evidence is transferred to Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq the same day that Special Agent Mark Mander, Army CCIU, becomes the case agent on the investigation.

2010-06-10

Hard drives arrive in Washington DC from Iraq, according to Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Phillip J. Crowley. Special Agent Toni Graham, Army CID, testifies that the evidence was moved to CCIU through a 'controlled transfer' with physical evidence hand delivered and additional evidence sent via registered mail. Evidence was hand delivered to Kuwait, then to Virginia.

2010-06-11

Investigation into Bradley Manning is transferred from Army CID (Criminal Investigation Division) to Army CCIU (Computer Crimes Investigation Unit).

2010-06-11

According to Rainey Reitman's notes the investigation is transferred to Army Computer Crimes Investigative Unit on June 11, 2010. A defense filing, however, states that the investigation was transferred to CCIU on June 23, 2010. The investigation is transferred to Army CCIU, according to Special Agent Mark Mander, Army CCIU, because it is determined that more suited to Army CCIU for search warrants and special warrants needed from a Federal judge, including Google and Twitter, and CONUS leads.

2010-06-11

Special Agent Mark Mander, Army CCIU, case agent on the investigation takes custody of the evidence. Special Agent Mark Mander inventories all the items and carries them into the Army CCIU room.

2010-06-23

According to a defense filing the investigation is transferred to Army CCIU. According to Rainey Reitman's notes the investigation is transferred to Army Computer Crimes Investigative Unit on June 11, 2010.

2010-07-12

Special Agent Toni Graham, Army CID, collects a box containing DVD's including one disc labeled 'secret' from Bradley Manning's Containerized Housing Unit (CHU) in Iraq

2010-07-12

Special Agent Toni Graham, Army CID, currently from the 102nd Military Police detachment in Hawaii, collects a box containing DVD's from Manning's Containerized Housing Unit, including one disc marked 'secret'.

2010-08-01

2010-08-31

Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, the Investigating Officer for the Article 32 Pretrial Hearing in United States v. Private First Class Bradley Manning, says the convening authority contacts him.

2011-01-16

Captain Thomas Cherepko, Assistant S6, Information Assurance Security Officer, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division gives sworn statement to the Secretary of the Army 15-6 investigation in which he says, 'we were given just enough knowledge to screw things up.'

2011-06-13

WIKILEAKS GRAND JURY-- David House appears at the secret grand jury in Alexandria, VA. He states afterwards that he pled the 5th Amendment and refuses to testify.

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