US Soldier May Be Imprisoned for Allegedly Leaking Video of Army War Crimes in Iraq PFC Bradley Manning, 22, of Potomac, MD is currently being held in pre-trial confinement at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait while the Army conducts an investigation into his connection to a leak of a 2007 US Army video that shows two Apache helicopters killing twelve civilians including two journalists working for Reuters. The video shows a group of men walking down an Iraqi street before being repeatedly shot at by the helicopters. The American gunners can be heard laughing and referring to the targetted men as "dead bastards." The website Wiki-leaks.org. has widely disseminated this video clip thus attracting unwanted attention to the possible violation of international law by the Army's operations in Iraq. Manning was apparently "outed" by Adrian Lamo and Kevin Poulson, two self styled computer "hackers" both of whom have plead guilty in the past to illegal hacking in various computer schemes. Poulson was released in 1996 after serving a five year prison term for computer escapades. Lomo, of Sacramento, CA told the Associated Press that he had alerted the military after Manning had told him about leaking the video as well as 260,000 classified cables. "I turned him in because (otherwise) I'd wonder if something he leaked would have cost a human life," Lomo told the wire service. According to the Washington Post, Manning's aunt declined to comment about her nephew's case other than to say that the family was "shocked and surprised." Attorneys for Citizen Soldier are attempting to reach Manning's family to discuss a possible legal defense of Bradley. The Associated Press also reported that State Department investigators are involved since the case may involve classified State Department cables which a department spokesman described as "analytic in nature." Citizen Soldier director Tod Ensign commented; "When soldiers disclose evidence of criminal behavior by their units at great personal risk, they deserve the support of not only the antiwar movement but anyone who supports the rule of law. We must not allow the military command to scape-goat whistle blowers so that it can cover up war crimes."