The court-martial trial begins for Bradley Manning, the Army private who has admitted to sending more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks.
Bradley Manning Trial Begins
![Participants in a mass rally in support for Pfc. Bradley Manning on June 1, 2013 in Fort Meade, Maryland.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0c5fea7a-c242-45be-b68d-62a9ff7eebd7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants in a mass rally in support for Pfc. Bradley Manning on June 1, 2013 in Fort Meade, Maryland.
![Bradley Manning, center, is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, May 21, 2013, before a pre-trial military hearing.](https://gdb.voanews.com/38616ba5-ed38-46f9-bed4-62d11d3c545b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bradley Manning, center, is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, May 21, 2013, before a pre-trial military hearing.
![Protesters call for the release of U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning on the road outside the main gate at the U.S. Army's Ft. Meade in Maryland June 3, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8d79960b-96d4-42a5-b6fc-9ca848aed4de_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters call for the release of U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning on the road outside the main gate at the U.S. Army's Ft. Meade in Maryland June 3, 2013.
![Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower responsible for releasing the Pentagon Papers, speaks in support of Bradley Manning outside Fort Meade, June 1, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/890bb7f6-4adb-4e24-be21-fdbea405cd8c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower responsible for releasing the Pentagon Papers, speaks in support of Bradley Manning outside Fort Meade, June 1, 2013.