The US army private suspected of giving classified data to WikiLeaks is being moved from a Marine jail south of Washington to a state-of-the-art facility at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, where Pentagon officials said more extensive metal, emotional and physical healthcare will be available.

WASHINGTON sniper John Allen Muhammad, who killed 10 people in a 2002 shooting spree around the US capital, was due to be put to death this morning after the nation’s top court denied a stay of execution.

Washington sniper John Muhammad will be sentenced in Maryland today, after being convicted of another six killings.

WHEN it hit him, the .223-calibre bullet was moving about 2,000mph, and as it entered his body, it splintered.