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WikiLeaks-case GI pleads guilty

Exposed files ‘to make world a better place,’ soldier tells court

Posted: March 1, 2013 at 5:22 a.m.

Pfc. Bradley Manning on Thursday confessed in open court to providing vast archives of military and diplomatic files to WikiLeaks, saying that he wanted the information to become public “to make the world a better place.”

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