Friday, March 11, 2011

Obama fine with treatment of WikiLeaks

This is not the foreigner Julian Assange. It is a young U.S. Army whistleblower unwilling to participate in illegal activities. Manning is unconvicted but already imprisoned and tortured by our military-industrial complex (macleodcartoons).

[This is a stunning public comment by Obama because] Pfc. Bradley Manning is being held in solitary confinement for all but an hour every day at a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., and is stripped naked each night, given a suicide-proof smock to wear to bed. His lawyer calls the treatment degrading, and Amnesty International says it may violate Manning's human rights. More>>


WikiLeaks: The big secret? Mundane details are now routinely classified without justification because there are many levels above "top secret" beyond official channels.

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