CNN Erin Burnett OutFront July 31, 2013 03:02:00
He stared straight ahead as the judge found him not guilty of aiding the enemy. but smiled slightly as the hearing adjourned. manning was convicted on six counts of espionage, as well as stealing video of u.s. military air strikes, classified state department cables and detainee records from guantanamo bay, which could put him in prison for 136 years. prosecutors could have accepted manning's guilty pleas to lesser charges in february, crimes which carried up to 20 years in prison. but the government pushed ahead on the more serious aiding the enemy charge, and critics say it never proved ther...