[Army Traces Manning's Footsteps]
Across the room are Manning's supporters, including a long-haired young man from the Occupy Wall Street movement and a pony-tailed, elderly military veteran wearing a "Free Bradley Manning" T-shirt.
Attorneys for WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange also observed, as did an Amnesty International representative. A half dozen journalists were present and dozens of others watched from a separate building on closed-circuit TV.
An ample number of people in the court room were in camouflage uniforms, including the presiding officer, all three prosecutors, two of three defense lawyers and military police stationed along courtroom walls.
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