Marines change commander at facility where WikiLeaks suspect (Bradley Manning) held

[kpete]

Source: CNN

Marines change commander at facility where WikiLeaks suspect held
By Chris Lawrence, CNN
January 26, 2011 2:58 p.m. EST

Washington (CNN) -- The Marines have changed the commander in charge of the detention facilities at Quantico, Virginia, days after the attorney for WikiLeaks suspect PFC Bradley Manning filed a complaint that he is being unfairly treated in detention.

Chief Warrant Officer Denise Barnes replaced Cmdr. James Averhart on Monday, said Quantico spokesman Lt. Brian Villiard said.

The change in command was ordered back in October and is not related to the concerns raised by Manning's lawyer, said Villiard. But Manning's lawyer is holding out hope that the new commander will move his client to a less restrictive incarceration status.

"We are hopeful that she will do a complete review of PFC Manning" and his custody situation, Manning's lawyer David Coombs told CNN. Manning's current situation "is unwarranted and unnecessary while he awaits trial."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/26/wikileaks.detention/

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. Did you order the Code Red!

[pinboy3niner]

2. You can't HANDLE the truth!

[sabrina 1]

3. I hope they start observing the law now.

We really are a disgrace in this country when it comes to human rights abuses. We have zero moral standing in the world anymore.

[hootinholler]

4. WTF?!?!

A Chief Warrant Officer replacing a Commander as a CO? Something smells there.

I still don't grok why Manning isn't at an Army facility.

-Hoot

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. A CWO will do what ever the brass tells her to do, also.

Like she will have more power than the CMDR she replaced????

Methinks not.

[hootinholler]

7. Either a temporary replacement, or a puppet

She may not have more 'power' but she will have authority over her command. She will also have a lot of military experience and possibly a sea daddy up in DC.

It just strikes me as being incredibly odd.

-Hoot

[Crabby Appleton]

8. They have the rank wrong, James Averhart is a CWO4

Denise Barnes is a CWO2.

[hootinholler]

9. Thank You! n/t

[Hissyspit]

5. Yesterday, CNN reported he was bring investigated, then they killed the story

after military tamed to them, then this now. No, nothing fishy here.

Lessons learned about the need to be suspicious of the official story?