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In reply to the discussion: Bradley Manning didn't complain about mistreatment, prosecutors contend [View all]struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)70. I am not an attorney. Nor have I ever claimed to be one, either on DU or elsewhere.
I responded originally to a post comparing Manning's treatment to "getting mugged in a parking lot"
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Bradley Manning didn't complain about mistreatment, prosecutors contend [View all]
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
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He's been treated pretty fairly for someone who handed over hundreds of thousands of documents...
randome
Dec 2012
#14
Oh, ok. Who determines how sadistic prison guards get to be? How much torture is ok?
PerceptionManagement
Dec 2012
#25
Bradley Manning's treatment was cruel and inhuman, UN torture chief rules
PerceptionManagement
Dec 2012
#89
Msanthrope is a she. Juan Mendez has an interesting opinion, but since he chose not to interview
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#94
We're getting close to the point where some real evidence will be required, such as
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#6
Please provide specific quotes from actual UN documents to support your claim
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#23
24 hour sleep deprivation gets a lot closer to torture than the suicide smock.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#59
Okay--that's not testimony. That's someone, who is not Mr. Manning's attorney, describing
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#73
The point is that there is no record of Manning complaining of maltreatment to anyone, even
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#7
If you can provide any real evidence Manning was waterboarded, I'll start working for his release
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#15
Bottom line: there's no evidence whatsoever that Manning has been tortured in custody
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#19
Facts about the world are not established by dictionary definitions, nor is implicit name-calling
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#21
Has Manning, or anyone else, testified that Manning has been assaulted?
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#17
You Missed This:Manning Testifies About His Torture; Was it Aimed at Turning Him on Assange?
KoKo
Dec 2012
#42
Ratner is sloppy with the facts, as usual. First, there was no uniform agreement that Manning
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#46
Again--what, precisely, is Mr. Manning's attorney claiming is 'torture?' Name the act. nt
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#49
I am not an attorney. Nor have I ever claimed to be one, either on DU or elsewhere.
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#70
His visits with his lawyer were not monitored. Again, what specifically was 'torture?' nt
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#30
And how do you know that? We are servailed all the time without our knowledge.
blackspade
Dec 2012
#35
Because I am a criminal defense attorney, and I know the law. Attorney-client privilege
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#36
The "You Tube" is interview with Michael Rattner who is Assange's defense attorney, who was in
KoKo
Dec 2012
#43
Again--what, precisely, is Mr. Manning's attorney claiming is 'torture?' Name the act.
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#45
You made the claims, back 'em up. Show us all where Manning is claiming 'torture.' nt
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#60
Michael Rattner is not Mr. Manning's attorney. Name the act that Manning's attorney is alleging is
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#82
Yes. Unfortunately, it is the 6th amendment that guarantees the right to unmonitored attorney
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#79
Yes. You made that claim. I was speaking of unmonitored attorney's visits, and you brought
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#87
Well, when I watch my Owls play LaSalle in February, I'll be sure to wave to the law
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#92
The term judicial "gloss" was used to deny the civil rights of gay people--and I've never heard the
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#99
Like I said--you can settle this, and let the board know if you were right or wrong, rather than
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#104
No--it's not. Name the act that Mr. Manning's attorney is claiming is 'torture.' nt
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#47
Michael Rattner is not Mr. Manning's attorney. Name the act that Manning's attorney is alleging is
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#48
Again--what, precisely, is Mr. Manning's attorney claiming is 'torture?' You seem confused---
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#54
I don't know how this can be proved. Not that it has to be, if there is cause to think it occurred.
randome
Dec 2012
#67
And see upthread where I reply with his attorney's writing---there's no claim of sleep
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#80
There are no claims of 24-hour sleep deprivation, according to his attorney.
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#83
I think Rattner has an agenda--as Assange's attorney, it is to his benefit to overstate.
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#100