17 December 1987<\/p>\n
Bradley Manning is born in Crescent, Oklahoma to an American father and Welsh mother<\/p>\n
November 2001<\/p>\n
Manning and his mother move to Haverfordwest in Wales after his parents' divorce. The teenager shows an aptitude for computers at school, but returns to the US to live with his father in 2005<\/p>\n
October 2007<\/p>\n
At 19, joins the US army. His father had served as an intelligence analyst<\/p>\n
October 2009<\/p>\n
Manning is sent to Iraq, where he has access to top secret information. He is isolated and unhappy<\/p>\n
November 2009 Makes contact with WikiLeaks for the first time after it leaked 570,000 pager messages from 9\/11<\/p>\n
January 2010<\/p>\n
Downloads the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs<\/p>\n
April 2010<\/p>\n
WikiLeaks posts a video of Iraqi civilians and journalists being killed by a US helicopter gunship some time in July 2007<\/p>\n
21 May 2010<\/p>\n
Manning contacts hacker Adrian Lamo online, saying he is the source of the leaks. Lamo records the chats and hands them over to the US defence department and Wired.com<\/p>\n
29 May 2010<\/p>\n
Manning is arrested in Kuwait<\/p>\n
5 June 2010<\/p>\n
Charged with leaking classified information<\/p>\n
25 July 2010<\/p>\n
A series of reports on the Afghan war, based on US military internal logs, are published by the Guardian, the New York Times and other media groups<\/p>\n
29 July 2010<\/p>\n
Manning is moved to Quantico in the US, where he is held in a solitary cell<\/p>\n
22 October 2010<\/p>\n
Iraq war logs published, detailing civilian deaths, torture, summary executions and war crimes<\/p>\n
28 November 2010<\/p>\n
US embassy cables are published, revealing what diplomats really think about their postings<\/p>\n
January 2011<\/p>\n
Amnesty International denounces Manning's treatment at Quantico<\/p>\n
11 March 2011<\/p>\n
Manning's charges updated to 22 violations, including ''aiding the enemy'', which carries a life sentence<\/p>\n
March 2011<\/p>\n
US state department spokesman PJ Crowley calls Manning's treatment ''ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid'', and later resigns<\/p>\n
20 March 2011<\/p>\n
Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, is arrested for protesting against Manning's imprisonment<\/p>\n
April 2011<\/p>\n
The Guantnamo files are released, containing US's secret assessments of detainees<\/p>\n
July 2011<\/p>\n
Wired.com publishes chat logs between Manning and Lamo<\/p>\n
16 December 2011 The first pre-trial hearing begins, and 4\/5ths of defence witnesses are barred<\/p>\n
March 2012<\/p>\n
UN says Manning ''subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment''<\/p>\n
August 2012<\/p>\n
Prosecution reveals evidence that Manning's treatment at Quantico was ordered by a higher command<\/p>\n
17 December 2012<\/p>\n
Manning turns 25, his third birthday in prison without trial<\/p>\n
28 February 2013 <\/p>\n
Pleads guilty to leaking military information<\/p>\n
3 June 2013<\/p>\n
Court martial begins<\/p>\n
30 July 2013 <\/p>\n
Cleared of ''aiding the enemy'' but guilty of five espionage charges<\/p>\n
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