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Verdict to be read on tuesday for Bradley Manning WikiLeaks case

About alberto de leon(Verdict to be read on tuesday for Bradley Manning WikiLeaks case)vox-update report                                                                                                                .                                           http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/verdict-bradley-manning-wikileaks-case-read-tuesday-164216110.html                                                                                                                                                   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEGgtUHlRs8                        ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Lawyers for the low-level intelligence analyst said Manning was well-intentioned but naive, hoping that his disclosures would provoke a more intense debate in the United States about diplomatic and military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
More than three years after Manning's arrest in May 2010, the U.S. intelligence community is reeling again from leaked secrets, this time exposed by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has been holed up in the transit area of a Moscow airport for more than a month despite U.S. calls for Russian authorities to turn him over.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has surfaced again as a major player in the newest scandal, this time aiding Snowden in eluding authorities to seek asylum abroad.
The cases of Manning and Snowden, a former contractor for a U.S. spy agency, illustrate the difficulties of keeping secrets at a time the internet makes them very easy to share widely and quickly. In addition, more people are granted access to classified data.    .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Verdict to be read on Tuesday for Bradley Manning WikiLeaks case

By Medina Roshan | Reuters – 9 hours ago
By Medina Roshan
(Reuters) - The verdict will be read on Tuesday at the court-martial of the soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, the judge said, with the biggest question whether he will be convicted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, carrying a life sentence.
Legal observers said it was highly likely that Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, who in March pleaded guilty to lesser charges related to sharing some 700,000 documents with the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website in 2010, will be found guilty on at least some of the 21 criminal counts.
"The difficult part is did he know that the information was going to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban? To me, that is the linchpin of the case," said Richard Rosen, a professor of law at the Texas Tech University School of Law and a former military lawyer. "If he's not found guilty of that charge, the punishment is going to be a lot less severe in my opinion."
Judge Colonel Denise Lind said on Monday that she plans to issue her verdict in the case at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) on Tuesday in Fort Meade, Maryland.
Manning, originally from Crescent, Oklahoma, opted to have his case heard by Lind, rather than a panel of military jurors.
Military prosecutors have called the 25-year-old defendant a "traitor" for publicly posting information that the U.S. government said could jeopardize national security and intelligence operations.
Lawyers for the low-level intelligence analyst said Manning was well-intentioned but naive, hoping that his disclosures would provoke a more intense debate in the United States about diplomatic and military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
More than three years after Manning's arrest in May 2010, the U.S. intelligence community is reeling again from leaked secrets, this time exposed by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has been holed up in the transit area of a Moscow airport for more than a month despite U.S. calls for Russian authorities to turn him over.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has surfaced again as a major player in the newest scandal, this time aiding Snowden in eluding authorities to seek asylum abroad.
The cases of Manning and Snowden, a former contractor for a U.S. spy agency, illustrate the difficulties of keeping secrets at a time the internet makes them very easy to share widely and quickly. In addition, more people are granted access to classified data.
"The bar has become very low for what the government has to prove in order to convict someone for disclosing classified information to the media," said Elizabeth Goitein, a security specialist at New York University's Brennan Center for Justice.
She said that military courts had made it easier to convict people on charges of aiding the enemy.
"There has been a heightened standard of intent that has been required," Goitein said. "We're really starting to see the court chip away at this."
(Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Barbara Goldberg, Steve Orlofsky and Grant McCool)

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Driver dead in Swiss rail crash, 35 hurt

About albert de leon(Driver dead in Swiss rail crash, 35 hurt)vox-update report                                                                                                                                  .http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/driver-dead-swiss-rail-crash-35-hurt-031923172.html                      http://youtu.be/g4Z8bSCFZ9g                                                                                                                 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 It was not clear whether the collision could have been sparked by a delay to one of the trains, or one of them setting       off too soon.  ....................................................................................................................................................................Emergency workers at the site of the crash, the village of Granges-pres-Marnand in western Switzerland, had to use special equipment to cut the two engines apart and retrieve the body.
In all, 35 passengers were injured in Monday evening's accident. Such was the force of their collision, the two mangled train engines were wrapped together in the crash.  ...................................................................................................   Monday's crash was Switzerland's most serious since one in Zurich in 2003 which injured 45 people.  .                                The accident echoed one in January at Neuhausen-am-Rheinfall in northern Switzerland, where two regional trains collided near a station.
Twenty-five people were slightly injured in that crash, caused by a failure to respect a signal.  .........................................................................................................      It comes in the wake of Wednesday's tragedy in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela which killed 79; and a crash near Paris two weeks ago that claimed seven lives.    ..................................................................................................................................................................

Swiss Train Crash 35 Passengers Injured

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Driver dead in Swiss rail crash, 35 hurt

By AFP | AFP – 3 hours ago
Rescue workers at the site of the Swiss rail accident in which two trains collided, have found the body of one of the drivers, police said early Tuesday.
A statement from local police said his body had been recovered from the cockpit of the wrecked train.
Emergency workers at the site of the crash, the village of Granges-pres-Marnand in western Switzerland, had to use special equipment to cut the two engines apart and retrieve the body.
In all, 35 passengers were injured in Monday evening's accident. Such was the force of their collision, the two mangled train engines were wrapped together in the crash.
Although five of those hurt were said to be seriously injured, police said their lives were not thought to be in danger.
Of the two trains involved in the accident, one had been bound for Lausanne, some 38 kilometres (24 miles) to the south, while the other was travelling north from the same city, officials said.
A total of 46 passengers had been on board, all of them Swiss, police said.
Police experts, along with members of the Swiss accident investigation authority SESA, have launched a probe into what caused the crash, officials said.
The accident happened shortly before 7:00 pm (1700 GMT), according to regional police.
Monday's collision on what is one of the most popular and safest rail networks in Europe was the latest in a series of rail accidents on the continent.
It comes in the wake of Wednesday's tragedy in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela which killed 79; and a crash near Paris two weeks ago that claimed seven lives.
Rescue workers, including medics and firefighters, had rushed to the scene from across the small-town Broye region where Granges-pres-Marnand lies, as well as from neighbouring cities.
A helicopter was scrambled by Switzerland's airborne REGA rescue service, known abroad for saving lives in the Alps.
The helicopter and ambulances rushed the five seriously injured individuals to a hospital in the nearby town of Payerne and south to the city of Lausanne.
In total, 26 people were taken to five separate hospitals, while those with lower-level injuries were treated on site by the emergency services and volunteer medics.
Traffic was interrupted between the towns of Moudon and Payerne, Switzerland's national railway company CFF said.
The company said both trains were operated by its regional service, a popular choice among commuters who work in the Lake Geneva hub of Lausanne.
Police said the northbound train was from the faster regional service, which in general stops at fewer destinations than the slower service that covers more local communities along the line.
Police experts, along with members of the Swiss accident investigation authority SESA, were on site to launch a probe into the causes of the crash, officials said.
A CFF spokeswoman told AFP that the two trains should have crossed at the station, thanks to a track system that allows them to pass one another.
It was not clear whether the collision could have been sparked by a delay to one of the trains, or one of them setting off too soon.
The accident echoed one in January at Neuhausen-am-Rheinfall in northern Switzerland, where two regional trains collided near a station.
Twenty-five people were slightly injured in that crash, caused by a failure to respect a signal.
Monday's crash was Switzerland's most serious since one in Zurich in 2003 which injured 45 people.

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