Convicted information revealer Army Pfc. Bradley Manning acknowledged Aug. 14 that he “hurt people and hurt the United States” by leaking thousands of pages of classified documents, according to CNN.
“I understood what I was doing was wrong but I didn’t appreciate the broader effects of my actions,” the out former Army intelligence analyst said during his sentencing hearing at Maryland’s Fort Meade. “I only wanted to help people, not hurt people.”
The former Army intelligence analyst was convicted July 30 of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos to WikiLeaks. He was found guilty of 20 of the 22 charges against him, and he could face up to 90 years in prison. Manning was found not guilty of the most serious charge against him—aiding the enemy—which carried a possible sentence of life in prison without parole.