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Internet research agency which is why assange says wasnt russian government. but they are the bridge between russia and the united states. guys like roger stone, for all of his experience, he has no idea the ton of bricks that are about to come down on his head because now robert mueller is using all of the intelligence from our allies, from other countries, from other agencies, and they are -- you know, you cant talk your way out of this. if theres going to be an ind t indictme indictment, hes ...

Americans to be killed. they wanted the enemy to have this information. and, in this case, i think the government just was not able to prove that pfc manning intentionally disclosed this to the enemy. >> shepard: manning supporters demonstrated outside othe courthouse today they see him as the whistle blower, a hero, not a criminal. so do lawyers who just called him naive with good intentions. manning admits he did give wikileaks more than 700,000 documents. prosecutors claim he knew al qaeda wo...

Classified documents. meantime, private first class bradley manning has been in custody in quantico, suspected of providing the classified material to wikileaks. and ohio congressman dennis kucinich is requesting a visit with private manning. he joins me now live from capitol hill. congressman kucinich, good morning. >> good morning. >> in your letter to defense secretary gates, you say youre concerned about the report that private mannings treatment while in custody at quantico. whats your worr...

Impact that individual, that individuals psyche, the personal health? i moon these are questions that are legitimate questions that have to be raised and have to be answered by the secretary of defense. and im hopeful to have a chance to visit with pfc manning, to have other members of congress join me, so that we can see about his care while he waits trial. >> keep us posted. congressman dennis kucinich, thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you. that feisty 76-year-old american woman tra...

Cruel and unusual punishment. >> are any of the other members of oversight backing you on this? and have you heard from secretary gates? >> ill be talking to other members about this. this story broke last week when congress was out of session, and i havent heard from mr. gates yet. >> i mentioned that julian assange, meantime, was in court this morning trying to fight extradition to sweden for sex allegations. but his lawyers are afraid hell just end up in the u.s. on charges related to the wik...

Acknowledged with the afghan war diaries there is nothing new or illuminating. this type of rhetoric is really designed to affect mannings ability to get a fair trial. >> reporter: contacted by cnn a pentagon official disagreed with that characterization and said no one in the pentagons senior leadership has publicly associated the wikileaks material with any member of the u.s. military. coombs also hinted about ways he may defend his client mentioning that mannings army unit knew of some errati...

On pfc manning talking about how he spent part of his childhood with his father in oklahoma, where the kids there poke fun at him because he was a geek. and how he also spent the rest of the year with his mother in wales and classmates made fun of him for being gay. and then he joined the army, wasted brain power on fetching coffee for others. as if theyre trying to explain away why the guy would leak close to 100,000 classified documents to the guy at the web site. >> that outlook was shared la...

>> juan: yes. >> i would sue assange and wiki leaks civilly, bankrupt -- get ahold of all -- punish him in that regard. because when you -- you cant find -- jurisdiction would have criminal, you know, ware could you try have jurisdiction on the criminal side i think is very, very dubious. >> juan: the other point is this could act as disincentive for people who want to follow in his footsteps and start leaking. i dont know if its that kid that picture wiki leaks friday. but there f. there are ot...

Australian and works through iceland and sweden. whats the jurisdiction for us? i think that you go after this guy is like the tar baby. stick to him. he wants nothing more than this kind of attention. i say stay away from hill. the people we focus our wrap on are the service members allegedly this bradley manning, who was the source of these documents. thats the traitor. thats the person who should, if it comes to that face, you know, the ultimate punishment, if, indeed, it is revealed that som...

>> juan: yes. >> i would sue assange and wiki leaks civilly, bankrupt -- get ahold of all -- punish him in that regard. because when you -- you cant find -- jurisdiction would have criminal, you know, ware could you try have jurisdiction on the criminal side i think is very, very dubious. >> juan: the other point is this could act as disincentive for people who want to follow in his footsteps and start leaking. i dont know if its that kid that picture wiki leaks friday. but there f. there are ot...