Bradley Manning could find out as early as tomorrow afternoon whether he will be convicted of aiding the enemy -- a crime punishable by life in prison.

Bradley Manning (Brendan Smialkowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Bradley Manning (Brendan Smialkowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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The judge says she expects to announce her verdict tomorrow in Manning's court-martial for sending more than 700,000 government documents to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks.

The 25-year-old also faces 20 other counts, including espionage, computer fraud and theft.

In closing arguments last week, the defense portrayed Manning as a naive whistleblower who wanted to expose war crimes. Prosecutors call him an anarchist hacker and a traitor.

 

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