917 Days Later, Bradley Manning Takes the Stand

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/29-8



Following over 900 days of detention without trial, Pfc. Bradley Manning was finally asked to take the stand Thursday afternoon during a pre-trial hearing in which Manning's defense team is working to diminish the extensive accusations against him.


As Manning spoke publicly for the first time since his arrest, he described the extreme mental distress he has endured over the course of his indefinite detention, including a time in which he thought he might die in custody as well as having suicidal thoughts early on in his detention.

"I didn't want to die but I just wanted to get out of the cage. I just remember being trapped in the cage all the time," he said, describing the prison cell he was first held in the Kuwaiti desert in which guards routinely harassed Manning.

"I remember thinking I'm going to die. I'm stuck here in this cage and I don't know what's going to happen," he said.

[Earth_First]

1. Harassment, solitary confinement, psychological intimidation

917 days later...

[Bodhi BloodWave]

4. Why exactly am I supposed to care about the number of days?

Especially since Manning's own lawyer is the person who has kept delaying things?

[RomneyLies]

2. No sympathy for traitors. n/t

[MichaelMcGuire]

3. K & R

[newfie11]

5. No one deserves this treatment

Except maybe dubya and cheeny.