Saturday, January 8, 2011

Is The Alleged Wikileaks Leaker Being Mistreated?

Protests Mount Over Treatment Of Alleged WikiLeaks Soldier -- MSNBC

Psychologists group deplores 'brutality' of Bradley Manning's prison conditions.

Rights advocates, government watchdogs and supporters of alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning say they're becoming increasingly alarmed that the conditions under which the 22-year-old Army private is being held could amount to torture.

In the latest public pronouncements calling attention to Manning's plight, the Psychologists for Social Responsibility this week sent an open letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates saying it is "deeply concerned" about Manning's confinement conditions at a military prison at Quantico, Va.

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My Comment: Military prison is not a picnic .... and it is not torture. But all of these issues are going to be moot anyway .... his trial is suppose to start this year and I suspect that it will be a very speedy trial.

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