David Coombs, a lawyer for Pfc. Bradley Manning, argued at a pretrial hearing that prosecutors have yet to turn over about 700 emails in their possession. But he said the emails he\u2019s already aware of paint a portrait of a military more concerned with combating negative publicity than with Manning\u2019s welfare and reveal that high-level officials, including a three-star general, were briefed about the conditions of his confinement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Gee, a 3-star General was concerned that the Army might get bad publicity.\u00a0 I\u2019m shocked, I say – shocked!<\/p>\n
Frankly, I\u2019m not surprised that senior Army leadership is concerned about avoiding bad publicity for the Army.\u00a0 That\u2019s part of their job.\u00a0 And I couldn\u2019t personally give a hoot in hell if they were more concerned about protecting the Army than about how Manning was inconvenienced, provided they ensured he was treated humanely \u2013 which they did<\/em>.<\/p>\nLet me recap a few pesky things called “facts” that Manning’s lawyers don’t seem to want to discuss.\u00a0 Manning was confined to his cell for 23 hours daily.\u00a0 So?\u00a0 Many prisoners who might be at-risk from other inmates (or who are dangerous) are similarly kept isolated.<\/p>\n
Manning was also evaluated as a suicide risk. Therefore, for a period of time at Quantico his clothing was temporarily taken away.\u00a0 This was done as a protective measure to ensure he didn’t attempt to harm himself with same.\u00a0 He was later provided with a suicide-prevention smock.<\/p>\n
But for a while, he had to make do with skivvies – and even sleep in them, without his jammies.\u00a0 Oh, the horror!\u00a0\u00a0 The horror!<\/p>\n
Were Manning\u2019s \u201cfeelings hurt\u201d by such “terrible” treatment?\u00a0 Whoop-te-doo.\u00a0 Personally, I couldn’t give the proverbial flying . . . flip if they were. \u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps he should have thought about the possibility that he\u2019d go to prison \u2013 and be treated harshly but humanely as a prisoner – before<\/em> disclosing several hundred \u00a0thousand classified documents to persons not authorized to receive them.<\/p>\nHumane treatment doesn’t necessarily equate to pleasant conditions.\u00a0 “Three hots and a cot”, adequate shelter, and protection from physical harm or abuse qualifies.\u00a0 And having to sleep in your skivvies (or naked) because you’re thought to be suicidal and your normal clothing has been taken away to ensure you don’t harm yourself with it does not<\/em> qualify as abuse.<\/p>\nManning didn\u2019t give a damn about how his actions affected the Army or his brothers\/sisters in arms – or his country.\u00a0 So as long as he’s treated humanely, why should anyone in the Army give a rat’s ass whether he’s comfortable or his feelings get hurt?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It seems that PFC Bradley Manning\u2019s lawyers are whining again.\u00a0 But this time, it\u2019s not over … Manning\u2019s Lawyers Are Whining Again<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,84,5,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal","category-military-issues","category-politics","category-shitbags"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}