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MIT Students May Have Given Technical Help to WikiLeaks Suspect

August 2, 2010, 3:43 pm

A 23-year-old recent graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says he was interviewed by federal investigators about whether he or other computer hackers helped the Army analyst accused of leaking U.S. military documents to the WikiLeaks Web site.

The MIT alum talked to The Boston Globe on the condition that his name not be published. He said he exchanged e-mail messages with the Army analyst, Bradley Manning, but he denied being part of the large leak of documents about the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

Adrian Lamo, the computer expert who tipped off federal authorities to Mr. Manning’s possible role in the leaks, told CNN that two MIT students confided to him that they helped Mr. Manning encrypt documents so they would not be traceable by authorities.

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lee77 - August 5, 2010 at 7:20 am