News Release
The U.S. Army Military District of Washington
Guardians of the Nation’s Capital
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14-12 DATE: April 14, 2014
GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL CONVENING AUTHORITY APPROVED
PVT. BRADLEY E. MANNING’S RECORD OF TRIAL
FORT LESLEY J. McNAIR, DC -
The general court-martial convening authority in the case against Pvt. Bradley E. Manning approved the court-martial results on Thursday, April 10. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, commanding general, approved the findings and sentence adjudged at the court-martial
. Buchanan’s decision comes after consideration of clemency matters submitted by Manning’s
defense counsel in March. His decision to approve the results of the court-martial, which concluded on Aug. 21, 2013, means that no clemency was granted in the case.
Manning’s case will be
appealed, automatically, to the Army Court of Criminal Appeals in accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Manning pled guilty to 10 separate offenses but was ultimately found guilty of 20 offenses, including seven specifications of wrongful possession and transmission of national defense information, five specifications of theft of government information, two specifications of unauthorized access to a government computer and wrongful possession and transmission of protected government information, five specifications of violation of lawful regulations related to his computer use and storage of classified information, and one specification of wrongful publication of U.S. intelligence information. Manning was sentenced to 35 years confinement; reduction to the rank of private (E-1); dishonorable discharge; and forfeiture of all pay and allowances. Presiding judge Col. Denise Lind granted Manning 1,293 days of confinement credit against the sentence to confinement.
Buchanan’s options as convening authority included disapproval of all or part of the findings and
disapproval or modification of all or part of the sentence in the case. Convening authorities do not have authority to impose additional punishment or change a court finding of not guilty to guilty.
Manning’
s case will now be transferred to the Army Court of Criminal Appeals. Media queries may be emailed to the U.S. Army Military District of Washington Public Affairs Office at usarmy.mcnair.mdw.mbx.mediadesk-omb@mail.mil.
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