AL JAZEERA ENGLISH: US state department spokesman resigns after calling Pentagon 'stupid' over treatment of soldier accused over WikiLeaks.US state department spokesman PJ Crowley has resigned from his post following controversial comments involving the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.
The news on Sunday came three days after Crowley was reported to have criticised the Pentagon's treatment of detained US soldier Bradley Manning.
Crowley said the defence department's handling of Manning, who is accused of leaking thousands of confidential US documents to WikiLeaks, was "stupid" and "counterproductive". >>> Source: Al Jazeera and agencies | Sunday, March 13, 2011
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