This blog post suggest that data mining might be able to allow the department of defense to prove intent on various crimes committed by Bradley Manning. It mentions a post to Wikipedia by Bradley Manning leaking what the government considers critical documents. This post included a quote from another article," Accused WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning installed and used unauthorized “data-mining software” on his SIPRnet workstation during the time he allegedly siphoned hundreds of thousands of documents off that classified network, the Army said Friday in response to inquiries from Threat Level.
Manning’s use of unauthorized software was the basis of two allegations filed against him this year in his pending court martial, but the charge sheet listing those allegations was silent on the nature of that software.
On Friday, an Army spokeswoman clarified the charges. “The allegations … refer to data-mining software,” spokeswoman Shaunteh Kelly wrote in an e-mail. “Identifying at this point the specific software program used may potentially compromise the ongoing criminal investigation.”
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If Manning installed data-mining software on his SIPRnet workstation, that could potentially strengthen the government’s case against the alleged leaker.,"
The agency is still creating its case for this matter, anyway this was an interesting way data mining was used though since it was illegal so it's kinda a downer.
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