Manning Trial Underway at Fort Meade

The court martial for Pfc. Bradley Manning got underway on Monday, with a journalists from all over the world descending on Fort Meade. 

Patch will not be covering the trial live, but will offer updates of significant developments, including any impact to traffic in the area. 

There are reportedly ten seats for credential press. 

For coverage of the court martial itself, here are a few media outlets that will have a presence at Fort Meade: 

• The Baltimore Sun will have a presence during the trial. The paper reported Monday morning on the three witnesses scheduled to testify, as well as protests involving a few dozen people near Fort Meade. 
• The Washington Post reported Monday on the opening arguments from prosecutors, who argued that the leaks of classified information "resulted from the intersection of Manning’s arrogance with his access to sensitive information."
• Kevin Gosztola with dissenter.firedoglake.com is offering live updates of the trial. 
• Alexa O'Brien will cover the trial and has created a website of documents related to the case.
• The BBC has journalists at Fort Meade and is also offering live updates on its website. Dispatches from the British news service described the judge in the case as "briskly business-like."

Manning was an army intelligence analyst who is accused of leaking 700,000 pages of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks. The documents reportedly contained diplomatic cables, as well as a controversial video of an attack involving a U.S. helicopter in Iraq.

He has already pleaded guilty to 10 charges related to the case, but still faces trial for more than 20 others and could be sentenced to life in prison.