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March 4, 2011

Lawyer: Bradley Manning Held Naked For Seven Hours 
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New information has come to light about the prison conditions of accused
U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning, who is being held at the Marine
brig in Quantico, Virginia. According to his lawyer, Manning was
stripped of all his clothes on Wednesday and then forced to remain naked
in his cell for seven hours. Manning's clothes were returned only after
he was forced to stand naked outside his cell during an inspection.
Manning's attorney described the treatment as inexcusable and an
embarrassment to the military justice system. The incident occurred just
hours after the military filed 22 additional charges against Manning for
having allegedly illegally downloaded hundreds of thousands of
classified U.S. military and U.S. Department of State documents that
were then publicly released by Wiki Leaks. One of the new charges,
"aiding the enemy," could carry a death sentence.



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