Poor little Bradley Manning the Wikileaker is getting a transfer from the meanies at Quantico to the much more comfortable medium-security facilities at Fort Leavenworth;<\/p>\n
The Marines claim they took his clothes to prevent him from injuring himself. Military and Pentagon officials insist the action was punishment for what the Marines considered disrespect from Manning. Such tactics for disciplinary reasons are against military regulations.<\/p>\n
Once at Leavenworth, he\u2019ll be placed in a new medium-security facility. Although locked in a cell at night, he\u2019ll have some freedom of movement in an open day room, have contact and take meals with fellow prisoners, shower when he wants and have access to books and TV. He will also have three hours a day of recreation time.<\/p>\n
This will make visits with his civilian attorney, family and some friends more difficult, but it\u2019s the nearest such facility for pre-trial confinement the Army has. Manning will have to return to Fort Belvoir in Virginia for any court appearances. Putting him back into Quantico is \u201cout of the question,\u201d according to Pentagon and military officials, so the Army may make arrangements with a civilian detention facility to hold him temporarily as needed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Apparently, the Army is trying to give the impression that they’re more compassionate than the marines and it seems they think the hippies and lawyers will like the Army when they treat Manning with more humanitarian methods of confinement. I’m sure that will happen.<\/p>\n
On the upside, the hippies won’t be able to make a manning protest a side trip when they plan protests in Washington, DC now. It will take some actual effort on their part to protest for Manning in Kansas.<\/p>\n
Thanks to ROS for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"