FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - An Army private has deferred his plea to charges he made the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.

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Pfc. Bradley Manning was arraigned Thursday at Fort Meade near Baltimore.

Manning also deferred a choice of whether to be tried by a military jury or a military judge alone.

The judge is Col. Denise Lind. A trial date has not been set. Manning faces 22 counts, including aiding the enemy. That charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. The others carry a combined maximum of 150 years.

He allegedly gave the anti-secrecy website more than 700,000 documents and video clips. Defense lawyers say Manning was troubled and shouldn't have had access to classified material.