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In 11-Page Letter, Manning Writes of Naked Humiliation

He's forced to stand nude as guards walk past him, he writes

(Newser) - Bradley Manning has released an 11-page letter describing his treatment at Quantico's brig in his own words for the first time. The alleged WikiLeaker says he has been “left to languish under the unduly harsh conditions of max custody,” and complains that being placed on Prevention of Injury...

Anonymous to Hit Quantico Over Manning Treatment

Activist hackers planning attack brig where WikiLeaker is being held

(Newser) - The group of activist hackers known as Anonymous has declared war on the US military, according to a self-styled—and not so anonymous—spokesman for the collective. Barrett Brown, who calls himself a "propagandist" for Anonymous, says the group plans to disrupt operations at the brig where accused WikiLeaker...

Why Is Manning Being Forced to Strip Each Night?

It all started with a 'sarcastic quip,' his lawyer writes

(Newser) - Bradley Manning has been forced to sleep naked for three consecutive nights, his lawyer wrote yesterday on his website , and the practice is expected to continue “indefinitely.” The official reason? Manning is on “prevention of injury” watch and must strip nightly for his own safety. The real...

Bradley Manning Now Forced to Sleep Naked

Quantico brig classifies WikiLeaks suspect as a safety risk

(Newser) - First, Bradley Manning was forced to strip and left naked for hours . Now, he'll have to do it again—nightly. The alleged WikiLeaks conspirator must sleep in the nude and wait outside his cell each morning until his undergarments are publicly returned to him, a Marine spokesman said yesterday. The...

Bradley Manning Stripped, Left Naked for 7 Hours

Taking of soldier's clothes on Wednesday 'not punitive': Marines

(Newser) - The jailed soldier accused of leaking secret documents to WikiLeaks was forced to strip and was held naked for seven hours on Wednesday, his lawyer said on his website. Bradley Manning got his clothes back yesterday morning, after he was made to stand outside his cell during an inspection, the...

US Won't Seek Death Penalty Against WikiLeaker

Even though one new charge against Bradley Manning is a capital offense

(Newser) - The military today filed 22 additional charges against Bradley Manning, the Army private suspected of providing classified government documents to WikiLeaks. Army officials said the charges accuse Manning of using unauthorized software on government computers to extract classified information, illegally download it, and transmit the data for public release by...

US Case Against Assange Sputtering

Officials can't prove he influenced Bradley Manning

(Newser) - US investigators haven’t been able to prove that Bradley Manning gave files directly to Julian Assange—and now officials say they also can’t prove that Assange induced Manning to leak the documents in the first place. Manning was initially painted as a confused young man influenced by Assange,...

Amnesty to UK: Manning Is British —So Help Him

Jailed private inherited British citizenship from mother

(Newser) - The US Army private accused of providing WikiLeaks with a vast trove of classified information is a British citizen and the UK should be doing more to look out for his interests, say rights groups. Bradley Manning, who has been held in a military prison since last July, is an...

Army Was Warned Not to Send Manning to Iraq

Private was volatile, violent at Fort Drum

(Newser) - Bradley Manning’s supervisors at Fort Drum warned Army commanders that he was too much of a troublemaker to send to Iraq, but the commanders went ahead and sent him there anyway because they were short on intelligence analysts, investigators tell the McClatchy . Supervisors say Manning had thrown chairs at...

US Can't Link Manning, Assange

Military officials confirm he was improperly placed on suicide watch

(Newser) - The US military has been unable to establish a link between Bradley Manning and Julian Assange, US military officials tell NBC . Though investigators have determined that Manning unlawfully downloaded tens of thousands of military files and gave them to an unauthorized person, there’s no evidence he passed them directly...

Manning Forced to Strip in Jail: Lawyer

He alleges prison mistreatment, calls it purely 'punitive'

(Newser) - Bradley Manning’s lawyer is accusing the military of mistreating his client, saying that he was forced to spend two days virtually naked in his cell after the Army placed him on suicide watch against the recommendation of the jail’s forensic psychiatrist. Manning was confined to his cell around...

WikiLeaks Gives $15K for Bradley Manning's Defense

Donation is shy of original pledge of $50K

(Newser) - Bradley Manning may go to prison for a long, long time if he's found guilty of spilling military secrets—and it probably won't be a pleasant stay —but at least he's still got WikiLeaks in his corner. Kind of. The site today pledged $15,100 for his defense, which,...

UN Launches Probe Into Bradley Manning 'Torture'

Anti-torture office responds to complaint

(Newser) - The United Nations has launched an investigation into reports that treatment of the army private suspected of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks amounts to torture. Bradley Manning is being held aboard a floating brig in Quantico, Va., where he's not allowed to exercise during his 23 hours of solitary confinement...

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Bradley Manning Is Being Tortured

Glenn Greenwald takes a long look at 'inhumane' detention

(Newser) - With so much attention focused on Julian Assange, it’s easy to forget about the plight of accused leaker Bradley Manning—who has now been imprisoned for seven months without being convicted of any crime. In an extensive Salon piece , Glenn Greenwald lays out the case for why he believes...

Assange to Matt Lauer: Rape Claims 'Incredible'

Lauer scores first US interview with WikiLeaks founder

(Newser) - Julian Assange isn't exactly keeping a low profile now that he's out of prison. In an interview with Matt Lauer this morning on Today, the WikiLeaks founder called rape allegations against him “incredible” but “a very successful smear campaign so far,” reports Mediaite . Asked about a US...

Feds Building Conspiracy Case Against Assange

Charges would sidestep First Amendment issues

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors searching for criminal charges to lodge against Julian Assange are trying to build a conspiracy case against him. Officials are seeking to determine whether the WikiLeaks founder encouraged accused leaker Bradley Manning to provide the site with classified files, the New York Times reports. Prosecutors are examining chat...

Berkeley May Anoint Army WikiLeaker a 'Hero'

Council will vote on Bradley Manning resolution next week

(Newser) - Bradley Manning is a traitor to some, but he might just be an official American hero to Berkeley. The city council will vote next week on a resolution praising the imprisoned Army private who's accused of delivering classified military documents to WikiLeaks, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . "If he...

WikiLeaks Preps Biggest Leak Ever

Iraq info ever expected within weeks

(Newser) - WikiLeaks is preparing a leak of Iraq war records that will dwarf its publication of secret Afghanistan information, according to a nonprofit journalism organization working with the site. The material, which will be released in a few weeks, is the "biggest leak of military intelligence" in history, Iain Overton,...

Activists Rally Behind Alleged WikiLeaker

Dueling protests seen outside Marine Corps base

(Newser) - Activists protested this weekend outside the Virginia Marine Corps base where Bradley Manning is being held, calling for the alleged source of WikiLeaks' secret document trove to be released. "We are here to say that if he, indeed, was the whistle-blower, then we are proud of him," the...

Gay Wikileaker Felt Isolated at Home, in Army

Bradley Manning's dad kicked him out over his sexual orientation

(Newser) - What drove Bradley Manning to allegedly share more than 150,000 secret documents with the world? The New York Times offers a kind of answer with a look at Manning’s troubled coming of age. Manning spent his entire youth being picked on, first for being a geek then for...

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