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).

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama said Friday that the Pentagon has assured him that the Army private believed responsible for the largest leak of classified American documents ever is being held under appropriate conditions. He commented after the State Department's top spokesman made waves by describing the military's treatment of the suspect as "ridiculous" and "stupid."

Will Obama say whatever the Pentagon tells him to say?

[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.