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Brown the defense got its final say today, for the soldier who made a massive disclosure of secret documents. Now, the socalled wikileaks case goes to a military judge. As Army Private First class Bradley Manning arrived at fort meade, maryland, this morning a handful of supporters stood by, some wearing tshirts that said truth. Inside, his attorney argued manning wanted the world to know the truth of u. S. Actions in iraq and afghanistan. The 25yearold Intelligence Analyst stands accused of the biggest leak of classified information in u. S. History, releasing more than 700,000 classified documents to the antisecrecy website wikileaks. Manning was arrested in may 2010 while serving in iraq, and charged with 21 offenses. Last february, he pleaded guilty to some of the lesser charges, including misuse of classified information. The Court Martial on the remaining offenses began june 3. A conviction on the most serious, aiding the enemy, could send him to prison for life. In their closing arguments yesterday, prosecutors argued manning was no naive soldier, but a traitor. The defense insisted today he should be seen as a whistleblower. Charlie savage of the New York Times was in the court room for the past two days. He joins us now. Welcome back. So dueling portraits of Bradley Manning are being put forth. Tell us about the manning you heard presented by the defense today. Sure. Well, so, as your viewers probably remember, Bradley Manning has already basically confessed to being wikileaks source and so most of the facts in this case are not in dispute. He is the guy who sent them all those documents about topics that vaulted them into world fame in 2010. The question is how do we understand that. Was he a reckless anarchist and a trader as the prosecution said yesterday and today in its closing arguments the defense had a very different portrait to show of a young man who they said was naive, perhaps, but well intentioned, a whistleblower, someone who was concerned about all people and wanted to select document sets that would help spread debate around the world lead to change for the better. Brown they also, i gather, were arguing that he was selective in what he put out. Right . He could have done a lot more. Thats right. This is another way in which the basic facts that he released these 700,000 documents is not in dispute and the question is how do we understand that . So the prosecution says this is massive. 700,000 documents. He couldnt possibly have even known what he was sending to wikileaks. Today we hear from the defense but this is a guy who had access to millions, probably tens of millions of record because he had unfettered access to the secret Computer System as an allsource intelligence only itself. So if he was just trying to willynilly release everything for the fun of spreading anarchy, as the prosecution said, he would have released far more than 700,000. He would have released millions and the fact that he didnt, the fact that he stayed away from databases like reports of Confidential Sources and so forth shows that he was, the defense says, in fact selective. Brown and the praouss versioprosecutionsversion is d. What kind of evidence were they pointing to to say yes, in fact, National Security has been damaged . Well, for example, one of the two largest document sets are the significant activity reports from the war in afghanistan and the war in iraq. These are sort of frontline incident reports. This happened, this i. E. D. Blew up, this small scale thing happened and you write up a report if youre in that unit and you file that and theres hundreds of thousands of these things that present sort of a granular account of what happened in those two wars. And his release of those things brought shed new light on the true level of or at least higher levels that official estimates of civilian casualties and so forth. So he has said and his defense lawyers have said this is a very mild thing to release because these are historical documents. After a few days the incident is over, the troops have left, theres nothing in these thats going to cause harm. And the prosecution says no, these things show our tactics, our protocols, how we handle responses to roadside bombings and so forth and once the enemy can have this massive data set they can mine that data to figure out what our procedures are and use those against us. So thats another sense in which two different spins on the very same set of facts. Brown and what about wikileaks itself . Because from the very beginning of course how one looks at wikileaks has played a big role, whether its a News Organization or what. So how much has that played into the final arguments here . Well, it plays a lot into it, because the most controversial charge facing Bradley Manning is that by giving information to wikileaks for publication on the internet he indirectly aided the enemy. Because when you publish Information Online the whole world can see it and the whole world includes enemies like al qaeda. And that has a lot of implications for Investigative Journalism because News Organizations, traditional News Organizations like mine, the New York Times, also take information and publish it on the internet. So if giving information to another entity for publication online is aiding the enemy, its not clear what the line is between the New York Times and wikileaks. And so the prosecution was trying to draw that line. As well, if hed given the information to the New York Times or the guardian or der spiegel, that would have a crime, but thats not this. Wikileaks was in the business of this wholesale bulk posting of documents, thats not journalism. So thats something different, dont worry, judge, about the notion that this unprecedented aiding the enemy charge may somehow cripple Investigative JournalismGoing Forward if this establishes a president. And the defense did not want that separation in the judges mind at all. It emphasized greatly wikileaks is the same as the New York Times for legal purposes in this matter. Its the same as t garden, the same as der spiegel. They were engaged in bringing information to light, publishing it for the world to see, the fact that some enemies are also in the world and have Internet Connection cans not be enough, the defense says, for the leaker to be guilty of aiding the enemy because if it is were in a whole new world in terms of what Investigative Journalism can do with its sourcing. Brown briefly, charply, that aiding the enemy charge, the judge decided to keep that on the table. What happens next . Has she made clear when shes going to decide this and in addition to that, what other charges is whats the most important charges . Well, as i just mentioned, i think the aiding the enemy charge is the most important one. That could set a precedent that changes a lot of things Going Forward in this country. Beyond that, the espionage act charge, several of those, are the most severe ones hes facing. He also has some theft charges and some other things that are at a more significant level than what he has offered or already pled guilty to unilaterally before this trial began. The judge has not said when she will rule. I imagine having observed her behavior that shes going to write a lengthy statement of facts in law and findings that shell read aloud when she does deliver the verdict and hay that may take her some time if she hadnt already been working on it. So well find out. Pelley Charlie Savage of the New York Times. Thanks so much. Thank you. Woodruff still to come on the newshour evidence destroyed after the b. P. Oil spill; protests in egypt and tunisia; inside a radioactive town. Plus, mark shields and david brooks. But first, the other news of the day. Heres kwame holman. Holman the cleveland man accused of holding three women captive for ten years or more agreed to a deal today that avoids the Death Penalty. Ariel castro pleaded guilty to more than 900 criminal counts, including kidnapping, rape, and attempted murder. Castro told judge Michael Russo he will accept a sentence of life in prison without parole, plus 1,000 years. Finally, sir, again, do you understand, mr. Castro, that upon entering this plea you will never be released from prison. I do understand that and i stated that to dave whats his last name . The agent. The agent, dave, at sex crimes that i knew i was going to get pretty much the book thrown at me. Holman the judge then accepted the pleas. Afterward prosecutor Timothy Mcginty talked about the outcome. By the terms of this agreement, this man is going to prison for the rest of his life, is never coming out except nailed in a box or a an ash can. Hes not stepping out. Hes going down broke, hes leaving his assets behind and thats justice. Holman castros three victims amanda berry, gina dejesus and Michelle Knight have remained out of public view. They issued a statement saying they were satisfied with the plea deal. Castros formal sentencing is scheduled for august 1. The prosecution rested today in the federal racketeering trial of james Whitey Bulger, the reputed boston crime boss. Hes charged with involvement in 19 murders, extortion, and money laundering. Bulger fled boston in 1994. He was captured in california two years ago. His defense is expected to begin its case monday. The mother of Trayvon Martin is calling for action to repeal stand your ground selfdefense laws. Sybrina fulton told the National Urban league today she blames floridas law for the acquittal of george zimmerman, the man who shot martin. In an abc interview, the only nonwhite juror in the trial said she initially voted to convict on Second Degree murder, but finally decided there wasnt enough evidence. I want trayvons mom to know that im hurting and if she thought that nobody cared about her sonic speak for myself, i do care. I couldnt do anything about it. And i felt like i let a lot of people down. If i would have used my heart i probably would have went a hung jury. Holman another juror has said she believed zimmerman acted to protect himself after martin attacked him. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden will not face the Death Penalty for anything hes done if he returns to the united states. Attorney general eric holder gave that assurance to the russian Justice Minister in a letter released today. Snowden has spent the past month in the transit zone of a moscow airport. Hes seeking asylum in russia. He is wanted in the u. S. For espionage. In pakistan, at least 39 people were killed today when a pair of bombs exploded in a busy market. It happened in the kurram tribal area in the north, bordering afghanistan. Taliban militants and Government Forces have battled in the area for years. In addition to the dead, todays attack wounded at least 70 people. Police in spain have arrested the man at the controls of a train that derailed this week, killing at least 78 people. They also began examining the trains black box today, to determine why it was traveling at such high speed. We have a report from john ray of independent Television News. Reporter face bloodied, shaken and shattered, he is helped from the wreckage of his own train. This is the driver, now accused of causing the crash that killed and injured so many of his passengers. Her neck broken, natalia maiz they are clearing the line and searching for clues. Investigators know it was speed that led to catastrophe. Their inquiry is leading swiftly to just one man. The crash site is now a crime scene and the prime suspect is the driver. Officially he has been arrested. Unofficially, a very public trial is already underway. The man behind the controls, Francisco Jose garzon, had been driving trains for ten years. But when it came to the sharp bend near santiago de compostela, he was speeding at more than twice the 50 Miles Per Hour limit. Seconds after the impact, he radioed i have messed it up. I want to die. I have come off the track. What am i going to do . Suspicion has also been aroused by his facebook page. In march last year, he posted a picture of a speedometer as his train reached 200 kilometers an hour. Alongside it he wrote, what joy it would be to get level with the police and go past them making their speed guns go off. The town remains in mourning where relatives of the missing find small comforts as they wait for confirmation of the worst. More tears will be shed. At the hospital where staff stood in silence to respect the dead, there are many still dangerously ill. The driver lies in the same hospital under police guard. Holman the president of the Railway Company said the driver had an exhaustive understanding of the rail line. A u. S. Major hedge fund s. A. C. Capital advisors pleaded not guilty today to federal criminal charges involving insider trading. The plea came a day after the firm was indicted criminally for wire and securities fraud. It allegedly earned millions of dollars on illegal trades over a 10year period. The head of s. A. C. , billionaire steven cohen, is facing civil charges of failing to prevent insider trading. The mayor of san diego, bob filner, says hes going to start therapy, amid growing claims he sexually harassed women. Filner apologized today, after several women said he kissed and groped them, and put them in headlocks. The former democratic congressman said he will attend two weeks of intensive counseling. I must become a better person. And my hope is that becoming a better person i put myself in a position to someday be forgiven. However before i even ask before i even think of asking for forgiveness i need to demonstrate that my behavior has changed. Holman filner is less than eight months into a fouryear term as mayor. He rejected calls for his resignation. The swiss bank u. B. S. Will pay 885 million to settle claims that it misrepresented the safety of mortgagebacked securities during the u. S. Housing bubble. When the bubble burst, the value of the securities largely evaporated. Under the agreement announced last night u. B. S. Will make payments to the government sponsored mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac. On wall street, stocks ended the day about where they began. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained three points to close at 15,558. The nasdaq rose nearly eight points to close at 3,613. For the week, the dow gained a 0. 1 . The nasdaq rose 0. 7 . The Lincoln Memorial in washington was temporarily closed today after being vandalized. Overnight, someone splashed light green paint across parts of the statue of the nations 16th president , plus the pedestal and the floor. Crews worked throughout the day to clean off the paint. A spokeswoman for the National Park service said luckily, the damage is not permanent. These National Treasures are need to be protected. People come from all over the world to see them and, you know, its just really disturbing that someone would do this. And, you know, im not sure what else to say except the Parks Services takes great pride in taking care of these National Icons and anything like this is devastating to us. Holman park police are reviewing Security Camera video from the scene to try to identify the vandal. Those are some of the days major stories. Now, back to judy. Woodruff and to the unrest in north africa, more than two years after the arab spring. Today both islamist and Secular Forces took to the streets of tunisia and egypt. At least two egyptian protesters died in clashes outside a mosque in the coastal city of alexandria. Margaret warner has the story. Warner music and pro military chants filled Tahrir Square today, and Army Helicopters buzzed overhead. As tens of thousands