Wikileaks: US govenment offered Manning deal to testify against Assange

But trial may never have happened if Manning accepted a plea deal offered in the fall 2011, shortly before the first public hearing.

"We actually sat down in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., with Chelsea Manning at the table and presented her about a three-hour presentation that looked very similar to our closing arguments with PowerPoint slides," Fein said.

Confidentiality shrouds the meeting, but Manning's lawyer claims his client chose wisely .... https://archive.is