US soldier faces trial over WikiLeaks disclosures

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Three years after his arrest in Iraq for allegedly causing America’s worst ever national security breach, US Army private Bradley Manning finally goes on trial Monday over his disclosures to WikiLeaks.

Manning, who faces a possible 154-year jail sentence, has offered to plead guilty to several offenses but he denies prosecutors’ most serious charge—that he knowingly aided the enemy, chiefly Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden.