Friday, March 04, 2011

Brad Manning's Continued Degradation

The Pentagon is sending out emissaries to news organizations to lie about Bradley Manning's detention conditions.

In fact, not only is he still being treated like a Gitmo detainee, they have resorted to stripping him for extra humiliation, like an Abu Ghraib prisoner.

A lawyer for Pfc. Bradley Manning, the Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking secret government files to WikiLeaks, has complained that his client was stripped and left naked in his cell for seven hours on Wednesday.

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The soldier’s clothing was returned to him Thursday morning, after he was required to stand naked outside his cell during an inspection, Mr. Coombs said in a posting on his Web site.

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First Lt. Brian Villiard, a Marine spokesman, said a brig duty supervisor had ordered Private Manning’s clothing taken from him. He said that the step was “not punitive” and that it was in accordance with brig rules, but he said that he was not allowed to say more.

“It would be inappropriate for me to explain it,” Lieutenant Villiard said. “I can confirm that it did happen, but I can’t explain it to you without violating the detainee’s privacy.”

  NYT

Because nothing says concern for a detainee’s privacy like stripping him naked and standing him outside his cell.

Should Brad Manning ever get out of prison alive, I wouldn't be surprised if he defected to a civilized country. If the U.S. doesn't care whether it makes enemies of its own citizens and soldiers, why should it care that it's making millions of enemies abroad?

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