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August 2, 2010

WikiLeaks Volunteer Detained, Questioned over Afghan War Logs
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There have been a number of developments in the US government’s
investigation into the whistleblowing website Wiki Leaks and the recent
leaking of over 90,000 secret military reports about Afghanistan. On
Thursday, authorities at Newark Liberty International Airport detained
and questioned a twenty-seven-year-old Wiki Leaks volunteer named Jacob
Appelbaum. He was questioned for three hours and had his laptop computer
and three cellphones seized. Appelbaum is a US citizen who was arriving
in Newark after an international flight.

Meanwhile, investigators in the Army’s criminal division have reportedly
questioned two students in Boston about their ties to Wiki Leaks and
Private First Class Bradley Manning, a leading suspect in the leak.
Adrian Lamo, the hacker who turned Manning in, says two students at MIT
have admitted to him that they assisted Manning in downloading and
distributing the leaked documents.



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