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A court-martial was ordered by the Army on a low-ranking intelligence analyst who is charged with leaking classified information.

Military District of Washington commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington ordered for the general court-martial against Pfc. Bradley Manning.  This referral means that Manning will stand trial.  He supposedly gave away more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents and videos to WikiLeaks to publish.

Manning, 24, is from Crescent, Okla. and is currently facing 22 counts, which includes aiding the enemy.  If he is convicted, he could be imprisoned for life.

Neither a date or judge has been set for his upcoming trial.

At a preliminary hearing in December, military prosecutors provided evidence that proved that Manning had downloaded and transferred to WikiLeaks nearly a half a million battlefield reports from Iraq and Afghanistan.  He also sent hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and a video of a 2007 Army helicopter attack that proved deadly.

Manning’s lawyers are trying to say others had access to his computer, and could’ve actually been the ones to provide the information.  They also said that he was in a state of emotional turmoil due to the fact that he was a gay soldier serving at a time when homosexuals couldn’t be open about their sexuality in the U.S. armed forces.