WikiLeaks: Is Bradley Manning being tortured?

[Two Thumbs]

The Army specialist accused of passing documents to WikiLeaks is allegedly being held in mind-numbing solitary confinement. Does the punishment exceed the crime?

WikiLeaks: Is Bradley Manning being tortured? - The Week

Escalating the WikiLeaks controversy, Salon's Glenn Greenwald reported this week that the U.S. military is holding Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of feeding classified documents to WikiLeaks, in "inhumane" conditions. According to Greenwald, Manning has been a model prisoner since his May arrest, but is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day: Forbidden to exercise, watched around the clock, drugged to prevent his mind from "snapping." By the standards of many nations, says Greenwald, such "personality-erasing, soul-destroying, insanity-inducing conditions" constitute "torture." Is that an exaggeration? (Watch an MSNBC discussion about Manning's treatment)


You have to read the rest of that. I don't know where the mind set comes from that people consider this torture.

fyi; There's a huge chance that they are doing this for his own safety. While brigs and military prison are full of screw ups, almost none have been traitors, and will put manning in the dirt first chance they get.

 

[strollingbones]

he is not allowed to exercise in his cell to protect him?

do tell?

 

[California Girl]

Yea, they should let him out into the general population. Save us the cost of a trial.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Yea, they should let him out into the general population. Save us the cost of a trial.

We need him to get the wiki leaks founder. Seems one idea floating around is that Assange TALKED Manning into giving him the files. If true that is espionage.

 

[California Girl]

Yea, they should let him out into the general population. Save us the cost of a trial.

We need him to get the wiki leaks founder. Seems one idea floating around is that Assange TALKED Manning into giving him the files. If true that is espionage.

I'm aware, in fact I've mentioned it on the board. My comment wasn't actually meant to be taken seriously. I want him on trial. I want him to explain to the American people why he thinks it's ok to commit treason against our country.

*Disclaimer: What Manning did was not treason in the letter of the law. But... in to Americans, most of us will see him as a traitor.

 

[Ravi]

Isn't this SOP in the military? If so, he knew the risks and should be man enough to take the punishment.

 

[Ravi]

Apparently, the information in the OP isn't even true.

The Pentagon denies that Manning is being held in solitary confinement. True, a Pentagon spokesman says, Manning is being held alone in a cell. “But just being in a cell by yourself doesn’t constitute solitary confinement,” says Col. Dave Lapan.
“He is surrounded by other people” in adjacent cells, Lapan argues, adding that Manning is also able to hear talking and other voices from his cell.
Manning can watch television for one hour per day and read newspapers, military officials say. Lapan added that he is not certain whether Manning is being provided blankets, sheets, or pillows – items that are sometimes denied to prisoners on suicide watch.

Bradley Manning in 'isolation'? US defends treatment of WikiLeaks suspect - CSMonitor.com

 

[Valerie]

Manning faces a court martial and up to 52 years in prison for his alleged role in copying the diplomatic cables, as well as the leak of military logs about incidents in Afghanistan and Iraq and a classified military video which showed a crew of an American Apache helicopter gunning down a group of men who they thought had a rocket launcher. They turned out to include Reuters staff with a TV camera.

He is said by friends to be on antidepressants and only a limited list of visitors are able to see him, yet one who saw him in recent weeks told the Guardian he was "doing surprisingly well, he is in high spirits".

In the new year he will face a pre-trial hearing, then, his lawyer expects, a public court martial in New York state in the spring.

WikiLeaks cables: Bradley Manning faces 52 years in jail | World news | The Guardian

 

[Ravi]

If I were in jail, I'd prefer my own room. Who wouldn't?

 

[Valerie]

If I were in jail, I'd prefer my own room. Who wouldn't?

True...Evidently some overly emotional people just lap up all the anti-USA propaganda and desperately spread lies without knowing all the facts involved...

 

[Big Black Dog]

The Army specialist accused of passing documents to WikiLeaks is allegedly being held in mind-numbing solitary confinement. Does the punishment exceed the crime?

WikiLeaks: Is Bradley Manning being tortured? - The Week

Escalating the WikiLeaks controversy, Salon's Glenn Greenwald reported this week that the U.S. military is holding Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of feeding classified documents to WikiLeaks, in "inhumane" conditions. According to Greenwald, Manning has been a model prisoner since his May arrest, but is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day: Forbidden to exercise, watched around the clock, drugged to prevent his mind from "snapping." By the standards of many nations, says Greenwald, such "personality-erasing, soul-destroying, insanity-inducing conditions" constitute "torture." Is that an exaggeration? (Watch an MSNBC discussion about Manning's treatment)


You have to read the rest of that. I don't know where the mind set comes from that people consider this torture.

fyi; There's a huge chance that they are doing this for his own safety. While brigs and military prison are full of screw ups, almost none have been traitors, and will put manning in the dirt first chance they get.

I think he should either be hung or shot for treason.

 

[California Girl]

If I were in jail, I'd prefer my own room. Who wouldn't?

True dat. Can't see what he's whining about. He's probably got better accommodation than real soldiers... especially those in Afghanistan and Iraq.

 

[editec]

Of course solitary confinement is torture.

Men are social creatures.

 

[Two Thumbs]

he is not allowed to exercise in his cell to protect him?

do tell?

He can do all the push ups and sit ups, etc he wants in his cell.

This is the liberal media blowing crap WAY outta proportion.

 

[Two Thumbs]

If I were in jail, I'd prefer my own room. Who wouldn't?

True dat. Can't see what he's whining about. He's probably got better accommodation than real soldiers... especially those in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He does.

All enlisted up to E-6 can expect as least one room mate in the barracks. Men in the field sleep where they can. People on ships and subs sometimes share the same rack.

 

[Jon]

People on ships and subs sometimes share the same rack.

Was that a "The Navy is for gays" joke? If so, it's hilarious. If not, it's even MORE hilarious.

 

[Two Thumbs]

People on ships and subs sometimes share the same rack.

Was that a "The Navy is for gays" joke? If so, it's hilarious. If not, it's even MORE hilarious.

It's called "hot racking". When one man sleeps the other is on watch. Sometimes 2 racks are spit between 3 men.

 

[daveman]

WikiLeaks: Is Bradley Manning being tortured?​

No.

 

[Two Thumbs]

WikiLeaks: Is Bradley Manning being tortured?​

No.

He's kept in a cell just like everyone else is.

 

[Toome]

wait a minute....hold on a second....here it comes....nope, false alarm.....for a second there I thought I was going to give a shit about Bradley Manning....my bad.