U.S. Army private at center of WikiLeaks case pleads guilty

 　　WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. Army judge on Thursday accepted the guilty plea of Private First Class Bradley Manning, the central figure in a controversy¹ involving whistle-blower website WikiLeaks and classified U.S. government files.

　　Manning admitted to sending hundreds of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan battlefield reports, State Department diplomatic cables and other files to WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst² in Baghdad. He said he did so to expose the U. S. military's "bloodlust" in Iraq and Afghanistan.

　　It was the first time Manning directly admitted leaking the material to WikiLeaks, according to a report by CBS.

　　Manning said that he didn't think the information would harm the United States, and that he decided³ to release it because he was disturbed by the conduct of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the seeming disregard by U.S. troops for the lives of ordinary people.

　　An Army judge accepted the pleas to 10 charges at a hearing on Thursday in Fort Meade, Maryland. Manning could face up to 20 years in prison, and prosecutors⁴ said they plan to move forward with an additional 12 charges against him, including aiding the enemy, which could carry a life sentence.

1 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

2 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。