(CNN) -- Is Pfc. Bradley Manning an idealist who became disillusioned by what was being done in Iraq and elsewhere in the name of U.S. national interests, as the attorney for the former Army intelligence analyst has argued? Or is he, as the prosecution contends, a traitor who leaked classified material to WikiLeaks that he knew could assist terrorists? The formal answers to those questions, at least, will come in the anticipated verdict by a military judge, who will decide Manning's guilt or innocence in a case that has been described as the largest leak of classified material in U.S. history.
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Bradley Manning, 25, is charged with violations of the Espionage Act
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His case is in the hands of a military judge who will decide his guilt or innocence
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Manning was arrested on May 27, 2010
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He is accused of releasing upwards of three-quarters of a million classified documents
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But Manning refused to plead guilty to the most serious allegations, including that of aiding enemies of the @placeholder -- a charge that falls under the Espionage Act and carries a sentence of life in prison, if convicted.
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For most people, the story began on April 5, 2010, when @placeholder released a video that it called "Collateral Murder."
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Later, a @placeholder investigation into the attack found that the crew mistook the journalists' cameras for weapons while seeking out insurgents who had been firing at American troops in the area.
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But, according to court documents and testimony, by the time the world saw the video, @placeholder had already downloaded hundreds of thousands of classified documents and videos.
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It began with a message said to be posted by @placeholder, using the instant message handle "bradass87."