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Bradley Manning in court: Idealist or emotionally unstable?
Who is the real Bradley Manning: a fragile and unstable being, with suicidal tendencies, or a man of conscience, aware of his actions and determined to make his mark in the world? In 11 days of pre-trial hearings that ended Tuesday, defense attorneys and prosecutors drew competing portrayals of the…
WikiLeaks suspect treated like ‘zoo animal’: lawyer
In his final plea to have charges dropped against WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, a defense lawyer Tuesday compared his harsh detention conditions to those of a “zoo animal.” Manning’s solitary confinement — under 24-hour watch, forced to sleep naked in a tiny cell for all but 20 minutes a day…
Bradley Manning in solitary for own protection, says brig commander
WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning was placed in solitary confinement in a military prison to protect him from possible attacks from “patriotic” inmates, the Marine brig commander said Thursday. James Averhart, in charge of the brig at the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia, where Manning was held for nine months, said…
WikiLeaks suspect’s lawyer: Manning’s treatment ‘blemish’ on nation’s history
David Coombs criticises the WikiLeaks suspect’s detention at Quantico military prison in rare speech outside courtroom David Coombs, the civilian lawyer representing Bradley Manning at his court martial for supplying WikiLeaks with a trove of US state secrets, has described the soldier’s treatment in solitary confinement at Quantico marine base…
WikiLeaks suspect’s gender struggle under spotlight
The US military held WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning under strict “suicide watch” partly because his gender identity struggle showed he was mentally “not stable,” a witness said. Manning, a former army intelligence analyst in Iraq, is accused of the biggest intelligence leak in American history for allegedly passing a massive…
Former guards of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning deny abuse
Two of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning’s former prison guards have denied abusing him in custody, and described an incident where the US Army private suddenly burst into tears. Manning, 24, is accused of providing Internet site WikiLeaks with hundreds of thousands of US diplomatic cables and classified war logs from…
Bradley Manning: how keeping himself sane was taken as proof of madness
WikiLeaks suspect’s attempts to exercise and stay occupied in bare cell only perpetuated harsh anti-suicide measures Shortly before Bradley Manning was arrested in Iraq under suspicion of being the source of the vast transfer of US state secrets to WikiLeaks, he is alleged to have entered into a web chat…
Manning testifies for first time in WikiLeaks case
The US Army private accused of passing a trove of secret government documents to WikiLeaks testified Thursday for the first time at a pre-trial hearing before a military judge. Bradley Manning, 24, looked nervous and his voice trembled slightly as he began to answer questions about his detention in a…
‘WikiLeaker’ Manning testifies on his detention treatment
WikiLeaks suspect kept on extreme suicide-prevention measures because of ‘erratic dancing and playing peek-a-boo’ Military commanders at the marine base in Quantico in Virginia kept Bradley Manning, the WikiLeaks suspect, on extreme suicide-prevention measures because he engaged in “erratic dancing” and played peek-a-boo, the soldier’s court martial has been told.…
WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning may speak at pre-trial hearing
FORT MEADE, Maryland — A US Army private accused of passing a cache of confidential government documents to the secret-spilling WikiLeaks website is expected to testify during a new round of pre-trial hearings that began Tuesday. Bradley Manning, 24, could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted…
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