Bradley Manning Transferred to Fort Leavenworth
Accused WikiLeaker Bradley Manning is being moved from his cell in Quantico, where his treatment has drawn a great deal of criticism--most notable from the now-former assistant Secretary of State P.J. Crowley. Wednesday, Manning will be sent to the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the Associated Press reports.
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Manning has been forced to sleep and stand to be counted while naked; he now sleeps in a suicide-proof smock. (Psychaitrists and his lawyer say he's not a suicide risk.) He spends 23 hours a day alone, and then is escorted to an empty room where he can exercise for one hour. In other words, the outcry--from members of the German parliament to Amnesty International--stems not from the condition of the brig, but from the isolation and humiliation he experienced within it. The AP report does not say why Leavenworth will be any better.
