However, that chance is just 1-in-250, 000, Yeomans said.

Ehrlich praised Manning for his "courage" if he were responsible for the US embassy cables leak adding: "There is no safe way to leak. He is prepared to spend his life in prison or be executed."

Ehrlich praised Manning for his "courage" if he were responsible for the US embassy cables leak, adding: "There is no safe way to leak. He is prepared to spend his life in prison or be executed."