U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning (3rd L) departs after day two of his court-martial at Fort Meade, Maryland June 4, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Private First Class Bradley Manning was seeking a civilian defence attorney to bolster his government-appointed legal team in 2010, he considered a number of lawyers experienced in courts-martial.
His aunt, herself a lawyer, helped vet names of possible lawyers for the case suggested by Army veterans and activist supporters. The family fielded unsolicited offers from attorneys eager to take the high-profile case in which Manning is accused of passing more 700,000 classified files to WikiLeaks in the biggest unauthorized release of secret files in U.S. history.
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