Unprecedented Secrecy at Manning Trial; Rights Groups Request Transparency
<div class='node-body'><p>On Thursday, a coalition led by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a petition requesting Colonel Denise Lind, the judge presiding over the trial of WikiLeaks whistleblower Private Bradley Manning, to grant the public and press access to the trial's motion papers, court orders, transcripts of proceedings, and other information usually made public.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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