The Torture of Bradley Manning

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The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention

Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has never been convicted of that crime, nor of any other crime. Despite that, he has been detained at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia for five months -- and for two months before that in a military jail in Kuwait -- under conditions that constitute cruel and inhumane treatment and, by the standards of many nations, even torture. Interviews with several people directly familiar with the conditions of Manning's detention, ultimately including a Quantico brig official (Lt. Brian Villiard) who confirmed much of what they conveyed, establishes that the accused leaker is subjected to detention conditions likely to create long-term psychological injuries.
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In his widely praised March, 2009 New Yorker article -- entitled "Is Long-Term Solitary Confinement Torture?" -- the surgeon and journalist Atul Gawande assembled expert opinion and personal anecdotes to demonstrate that, as he put it, "all human beings experience isolation as torture." By itself, prolonged solitary confinement routinely destroys a person’s mind and drives them into insanity. A March, 2010 article in The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law explains that "solitary confinement is recognized as difficult to withstand; indeed, psychological stressors such as isolation can be as clinically distressing as physical torture."
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Cancel9 said:
So?
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I find the story enjoyable. The bleeding heart display over a person that by all rights should be publically executed on the White House lawn for treason in a time of War, Plus as a side show amusement, they are really lowering the bar on what is and is not considered Torture.
 
Have a heart.....the poor traitor has to watch TV all by himself.....hasn't sucked a dick in months....and can't even get a latte in the morning.....its sad....
 
gee, who'd have thunk that the US Government would use torture on an american citizen?

I'd like to say I told you so, but nobody would give a fuck.

y'all deserve your serf status.
 
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