Day 10: Bradley Manning Hearing Continues In WikiLeaks Case

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Bradley Manning Hearing Continues In WikiLeaks Case
By DAVID DISHNEAU 12/10/12 05:49 AM ET EST AP

FORT MEADE, Md. -- Military prosecutors are trying to show that an Army private charged with sending classified information to WikiLeaks didn't avail himself of opportunities to complain about pretrial confinement conditions that he claims were excessively harsh.

The hearing enters its 10th day Monday with more testimony expected from Chief Warrant Officer 2 Denise Barnes. She was the commander of a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., during the last three months of Pfc. Bradley Manning's confinement there.

Prosecutors also plan to call Army officers who were in Manning's chain of command while he was locked up 23 hours a day, sometimes with no clothing, for nine months.

The government claims the restrictions were to keep Manning from hurting or killing himself. The hearing is to determine if they amounted to illegal pretrial punishment. Manning contends the conditions were so harsh that all charges should be dropped.


Previous thread on CWO Barnes: http://www.democraticunderground.com/11791863