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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:35 PM Original message |
Bradley Manning in solitary 23 hours per day, no exercise allowed |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. But it's the hopeful, change-filled kind of punitive solitary confinement! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Seems a bit extreme IMO. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Assange is being held exactly the same way |
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DaveofCali (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. And we are supposed to support Obama despite this? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I guess we support stealing classified documents and handing them out? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. We support freedom of the press- |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Manning is not a member of the press and he should be treated like a criminal. . . |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. MANNING HAS NOT BEEN CONVICTED. Should all suspects be "treated like a criminal"? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
56. Not guilty until proven otherwise |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Deleted message |
treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. even Karl Rove is right about classified documents |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. except when Karl wants something leaked (cough Valerie Plame cough) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm sure Karl Rove appreciates your support. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. YEP!!! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Did I miss the trial and verdict? |
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RT Atlanta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. how can they preclude him from exercising |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I don't know. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
61. I just hope they are not |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. They can't |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. They probably come into his cell |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. All high security inmates are treated this way. |
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Ellipsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Check out this cast of characters at the Florence Colorado Super-max |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Yep, for real LONG term torture of fellow human beings... |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. mostly it's to keep them from injuring themselves |
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NobodyHere (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Its also to protect Manning from others |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
55. Bradley Manning is let out of his cell once a day for an hour. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. Is a suspect now an "inmate"? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. If you are in custody, you are consider in inmate. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's a form of torture. Revenge taken by the State that is in itself a criminal regime. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not even allowed to exercise in his own cell? |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. This really needs to get more attention. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. CBS picked it up, the Atlantic Wire, New York Magazine, Business Insider. |
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Ellipsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Well all right! n/t |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. +1 for Greenwald & Manning |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. Mmmm. Can't you feel the hope and change? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. Thems the breaks when you commit treason. |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Agreed . . .essentially he was not authorized to share state secrets. . . |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. His treatment is unconstitutional and likely illegal under Geneva |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. How is holding someone in solitary confinement unconstitutional? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Holding someone in solitary confinement is punishment |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
64. Innocent until proven guilty - to say nothing of Geneva and other laws n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Um, he hasn't been convicted of anything yet |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. While he has not been convicted of anything he is being held without bail. . . |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Well, it's good to hear you aren't in corrections. n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Since there has not been a trial, how are you so cocksure about what he "shared"? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. When was this trial? I missed it. |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. YOU might consider it 'torture' after a week or so. eom |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
57. Actually it does |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. Innocent until proven guilty - to say nothing of Geneva and other laws n/t |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. War criminals past and present get a pass and those that bravely expose their crimes |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. WTH is WRONG with some of you?? Manning is NOT a "convict," an "inmate," a "traitor", or ANYTHING |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. No kidding. That's the way they're holding Assange, too. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Really? You've never heard of jails (for those awaiting trial) having inmates in solitary? n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Whatever. I'm clearly alluding to posts that regard Manning as already convicted. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Why would I "give up" the truth? Every jail in every county in every state has inmates in solitary. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I edited. (But actual convicts are at least allowed to exercise.) |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. That is true. n/t |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. k&r |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
53. This is barbaric |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. this is Torture |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
58. EEG studies show slowing of brain waves |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
59. We should call in the International Red Cross... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. HE is not a POW |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. What can we do? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Nope, since he is not a POW, on the bright side |
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