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14. Here's the original 16 March 2011 discussion of the Ackerman petition

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 04:00 PM

Dec 2012

kpete
Mar-16-11 10:30 AM
Original message
A Statement on Private Manning's Detention: "There Is No Excuse"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=660388&mesg_id=660388

In that 16 March 2011 thread, I objected on 16 March 2011, as follows:

struggle4progress
Wed Mar-16-11 12:14 PM
Response to Original message
5. The statement seems to be factually inaccurate in some details -- for example:
... into the undefined future, he is forced to sleep naked ...
From yesterday's LA Times editorial:
... Manning now sleeps in "tear-proof garments" ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ma...
Factual sloppiness destroys credibility. A coupla lawyers at Harvard and Yale oughta know that
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=660388&mesg_id=661207

I was, of course, pleased when somewhat later Ackerman corrected several of his inaccurate claims

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WikiLeaks hearing focuses on brig commander [View all] struggle4progress Dec 2012 OP

Really? Manning was held "incommunicado"? Really? struggle4progress Dec 2012 #2

Did someone from the House of Representatives visit him? AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #3

Paul Craig Roberts is an Alex Jones favorite, isn't he? struggle4progress Dec 2012 #4

Your claim, that Manning has been held incommunicado, traces struggle4progress Dec 2012 #8

"traces back to Paul Craig Roberts"? Interesting, if true. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #10

In reply #1, you wrote: struggle4progress Dec 2012 #12

I have never heard of him before. Today is the first day. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #13

pbbfth struggle4progress Dec 2012 #15

Yea, well there's a different between AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #18

I remember discussing that letter at DU when it first appeared struggle4progress Dec 2012 #9

Here's the original 16 March 2011 discussion of the Ackerman petition struggle4progress Dec 2012 #14

Was their update made on "Tuesday, March 15, 2011"? AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #17

Nope. It was made somewhat after the DU thread of 16 March 2011 but struggle4progress Dec 2012 #20

Quantico brig commander: confinement regs 'vague' struggle4progress Dec 2012 #16

Shh. We're not supposed to notice. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #21

Marine Officer Concedes Rules Broken In Bradley Manning's Confinement struggle4progress Dec 2012 #22

Marine brig officials grilled about Bradley Manning's jailing struggle4progress Dec 2012 #23