A one-time computer hacker who told authorities private first class Bradley Manning was giving information to WikiLeaks testified yesterday that the soldier never said he wanted to help the enemy during their online chats.

A one-time computer hacker who told authorities that a US soldier was giving information to WikiLeaks has testified that the Army private never said he wanted to help the enemy during their online chats.

US government agencies have been bracing for the release of thousands more classified documents since the leak of a classified helicopter cockpit video of a 2007 firefight in Baghdad.