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Manning Gets 35 Years for Spilling Secrets To WikiLeaks

Pfc. Bradley Manning, the

Army soldier convicted of leaking classified military secrets

, has

received a sentence of 35 years

for passing more than 700,000 government files to WikiLeaks. 

Eligible for parole in seven years, Manning, 25, will also get a dishonorable discharge and be busted down from private first class to private. 

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