At the end of July, shortly after Wikileaks had released tens of thousands of documents relating to the Afghan war, the US military refused to be drawn on whether Pte Manning was a suspect in a wider investigation.

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Their names were included alongside Osama Bin Laden on a staggering 319-count indictment drawn up by the US authorities in the aftermath of the embassy bombings.

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And when we cannot agree on where the lines should be drawn, we turn to the Supreme Court to work it out for us.

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