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>> it is a waist of paper and time. i want my 20 minutes back. >> it is 92,000 pages -- >> i guarantee you "new york times" read every pages. >> thats almost three harry potter books. >> it is almost as long as "blubber" by judy blume. >> i think major garrett read the whole thing. >> they dont even read the bills in congress. >> remember how the left was upset about valley blame being exposed? where are they? where are they talking about military? gates said there may be blood on peoples hands ...

>> the hacker who says he tip off the army to wikileaks suspect bradley manning now says at least two m.i.t. students may be involved. barbara starr joins us live from the pentagon this morning. this is an interesting connection. how much do we know about it? >> reporter: well, information really just emerging. good morning, john and kiran. adrian lamo, the former computer hacker who did tip off federal authorities to private 1st class manning now says two men at m.i. 26 t., the massachusetts in...

The web of intrigue growing in the leak of tens of thousands of those secret afghan war documents, and investigators reportedly following a trail to a prestigious university in the northeast. julian assange is the editor of wikileaks. the site publicized the war logs. the prime suspect as the source of that leak is private first class bradley manning. he is in solitary confinement in virginia. authorities were tipped off about mng by this guy, a former computer hacker named adrian lamo, and he i...

>> gates says early on at least, the withdrawal is going to be fairly limited in number. and will depend on the conditions on the ground. he said that before. >> malini wilkes, live. thank you. >> what is next in the investigation and what is the impact on the ground for the troops? investigators are looking into whether civilian provided technical help to the main suspect in the leak. army intelligent analyst bradley manning. a computer hacker turned him in to authorities says investigators are...

Bradley manning. >> reporter: held in solitary confinement at a military base in quantico, virginia, private first class bradley manning is charged with leaking a 2007 air strike video and downloading military documents from classified systems. but now military officials say he is also the main suspect in the investigation of who leaked more than 90,000 documents about the war in afghanistan to the website wikileaks.org. a former computer hacker tipped authorities off to manning. >> i did not be...

Michigan. jon. jon: a fox news alert and breaking information on that wickileaks case, our colleagues at the "wall street journal," the publication owned by the parent company of this network, the "wall street journal" is reporting that bradley manning, the private -- u.s. army private who is already in detention for having leaked cockpit video of an attack on afghanistan, bradley manning has been tied, according to military investigators in the "wall street journal," with the release of those d...

Government. >> it poses a very real and potential threat to those that are working hard every day to keep us safe. >> reporter: in fact, the u.s. gives more than $1 billion annually to pakistan to help fight terrorism, but there are 180 dispatches, some offering strong details, that pakistanis military intelligence agency, the isi, is helping the afghan insurgency attack american troops. now, the revelations were first posted on wikileaks, a whistle blower website. it was fed the information fro...

A source believed to be this man, army specialist brad manning, now behind bars in kuwait, accused of document theft. disillusioned about the war, manning struck up an online friendship with a sacramento, california, computer hacker. he told the hacker he discovered incredible, awful things and not on some server stored in a dark room in washington, d.c. realizing the magnitude of the situation, the hacker decided to turn manning in to authorities. >> had i not acted i would have wondered for th...

Computer, he carries around a backpack. hes a journalist, but hes also a computer hacker, so hes very good at breaking encryption codes and getting stuff published but very low key and very hard to find. the question now is how do you prosecute him? he hasnt been to this country, that we know of, in at least four and a half months. so the question becomes if you want to prosecute him, how do you go about doing that if hes not in the united states? shannon: good questions. trace, thank you very m...

Some. 100 plus degrees for others. people are sweating, even getting sick from the heat. heat advisories in effect up and down the east coast. the record-breaking heat has certain area like, new york, and here in d.c. set to dub this month as the hottest july on record. following last months honor of the hottest june on record. a month long experiment by one cyber security expert demonstrated how social networks like facebook and twitter can lead to security breaches. he registered fake net wo...