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WikiLeaks Suspect to Be Housed With Other Inmates
By not in system - AOL NewsFORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- WikiLeaks suspect Army Pfc. Bradley Manning has passed the lengthy the physical and psychiatric evaluation given to new inmates at the Kansas military prison where he was recently moved and will begin living with other medium-security inmates who are also awaiting trial, the prison commander said Thursday. AP Army Pfc. Bradley Manning will begin living with other medium-security inmates at Fort Leavenworth, a prison official said. The new detention conditions represent a marked change for Manning, who was transferred to Fort Leavenworth last week from the ...
Army Opens Prison of Suspected WikiLeaks Private for Media Review
By not in system - AOL NewsFORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- Army officials are opening the doors to the military prison in Kansas where they are holding an Army private suspected of illegally passing U.S. government secrets to the WikiLeaks website. Pfc. Bradley Manning was moved last week from the Marine brig in Quantico, Va., to the Joint Regional Correctional Facility at Fort Leavenworth amid criticism over his treatment and confinement. Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins said the media tour of the military's medium-security prison at Fort Leavenworth would show the conditions under which the Army holds Manning as he ...
WikiLeaks Suspect Transferred to Fort Leavenworth
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The Army private suspected of giving troves of classified information to the WikiLeaks website has arrived at a detention facility in Kansas where he will await the government's decision on whether to put him on trial. Pfc. Bradley Manning was transferred to the facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., from a Marine brig at Quantico, Va., where he had been confined since last summer. An Army spokesman at the Pentagon, Col. Tom Collins, said Manning arrived safely at Leavenworth's Joint Regional Correctional Facility at about 2:50 p.m. Eastern Time and over the coming five to seven ...
WikiLeaks Suspect Being Moved Out of Quantico
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The Army private suspected of giving classified data to WikiLeaks is being moved to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas in the wake of international criticism about his treatment during his detention at the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va., The Associated Press has learned. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning's detention has been the focus of repeated protests from human rights groups and international leaders. His expected move to Leavenworth, which is set to be announced Tuesday at the Pentagon, could put him in a new facility that houses inmates with short prison terms or those awaiting ...
About 30 Arrested at Rally for Wikileaks Suspect
By not in system - AOL NewsTRIANGLE, Va. -- Hundreds rallied outside a Virginia Marine Corps base to protest the treatment of an imprisoned Army private suspected of providing classified data to Wikileaks. About 30 people were arrested today at the rally protesting the pretrial detention of Pfc. Bradley Manning. About two-dozen rallies were held around the world. Manning is being held in solitary confinement at the Quantico base's brig. He's confined to his cell 23 hours a day and forced to strip naked before bed. The military says the conditions of his detention are justified. Protesters chanted "Free Bradley ...
State Department Official Resigns After Criticizing Pentagon for Treatment of WikiLeaks Suspect
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyState Department spokesman P.J. Crowley resigned Sunday after creating a stir last week by telling a small audience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that the prison conditions under which authorities are holding WikiLeaks suspect Pfc. Bradley Manning were "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid on the part of the Department of Defense." Manning is being held in a Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia, where officials have acknowledged that he is stripped of his clothing every night and must stand naked outside his cell during inspections in the morning. A Marine spokesman said ...
Army Private Held in WikiLeaks Case Left Naked for 7 Hours
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsThe U.S. Army soldier being held on suspicion of leaking classified material to WikiLeaks was stripped naked and left in his cell for seven hours, according to his furious lawyer. Pfc. Bradley Manning had to sleep naked in his tiny cell Wednesday night at a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., and his clothes were not returned to him until seven hours later on Thursday morning, The New York Times reported today. AP Bradley Manning, the Army private being held on suspicion of leaking classified material to WikiLeaks, was stripped naked and left in his cell for seven hours, his ...
Pentagon Papers Leaker Decries Manning Prosecution in WikiLeaks Case
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsThe prosecution of the U.S. Army private accused of turning over classified documents to WikiLeaks is part of an "unprecedented" campaign against whistle-blowers, the man behind the Pentagon Papers says. Bradley Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst, classified information, is confined to a brig at Quantico, Va., awaiting court-martial proceedings. The Army on Wednesday announced 22 additional charges against him, including a count alleging he provided intelligence to the enemy -- a capital offense. AP Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of turning over classified ...
Aiding the Enemy: Read the Most Serious Charge Against Bradley Manning
By David Knowles - AOL NewsBradley Manning is in very hot water. The U.S. Army has charged Pfc. Bradley Manning with 22 new crimes, including "aiding the enemy," a capital offense, NBC News reported. Army prosecutors are not asking for the death penalty, but NBC News says the presiding military judge could override the prosecution and impose the death penalty. Whether the 23-year-old Manning receives the death penalty for the charge of releasing hundreds of thousands of pages of classified U.S. government information to Julian Assange's WikiLeaks group will depend on how a court defines both the terms "aid" and ...
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