WikiLeaks suspect loses bid to drop charges

Bradley Manning.
The judge rejected defence claims that the charges of unauthorised possession and disclosure of classified information were “unconstitutionally vague.”
On the third and final day of preliminary hearings, Lind was also considering a bid by the defense to drop two additional charges that Manning exceeded his authorisation to use a Defence Department intranet system.
“Every person who has downloaded a music, a video, a game has exceeded its authorised access,” Manning’s civil attorney David Coombs told the court on Thursday.
Lind also said the court-martial trial, which had been scheduled for September 21, would be pushed back either to November or January.
Another hearing in the case was set for June 25. — AFP.