Re: U.S. Tries to Build Case Against WikiLeaks Founder
Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Karl <[email protected]> wrote: > That's the word from people who have experienced it (e.g., Vietnam vets). I'm > inclined to believe them. > > **I challenge that. There were a lot of other brutal aspects to the treatment > of POWs in Vietnam than just solitary confinement. << As Gawande documented: "A U.S. military study of almost a hundred and fifty naval aviators returned from imprisonment in Vietnam . . . reported that they found social isolation to be as torturous and agonizing as any physical abuse they suffered." >> > Why are they treating Manning like > that? > > **because he is in the army and he is in confinement awaiting trial? This is > not a special deal to punish him, this is standard treatment. Hm. > **I don’t know how accurate that story is Interesting update at the bottom: << I was contacted by Lt. Villiard, who claims there is one factual inaccuracy in what I wrote: specifically, he claims that Manning is not restricted from accessing news or current events during the prescribed time he is permitted to watch television. >> *One* factual inaccuracy? Ack... -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot