Bradley Manning declines to enter plea at court martial

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Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, declined to enter a plea at the start of his court martial on Thursday, a legal maneuver intended to give his defense more time to hear what evidence or witnesses will be permitted during the proceedings.

During a brief arraignment at Fort Meade, Manning, in his green Army dress uniform, answered questions concerning his counsel and the charges against him. But he deferred a choice of whether to be tried by a military jury or a judge.