[pp.int.general] SHOCKING NEWS: Accused WikiLeaks ally is being tortured!

[Jay Emerson]

How it's SUPPOSED to be and how the government is gonna do it are 2
different things.  Let's not assume the government is going to comply with
SOP or feels obligated to do so.

They could take him to an infamous "Black Site" or keep him in a special
brig on a ship in international waters.

So yeah, there's that to think about.

Jay Emerson
Administrative Officer
Pirate Party of New York
On Dec 17, 2010 6:30 PM, "Andrew Norton" <ktetch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 12/17/2010 5:45 PM, Marcus Kesler wrote:
>> One thing that we need to keep in mind is that PFC Manning is not facing
>> trial in the same court as all other Americans. He is facing trial in
>> Military Court, and as such the rules are different from what most of us
>> are used to. Which does not justify the conditions of his current
>> treatment of course.
>
> Exactly, from what I've read, Rules for Court Martial 707 says a trial
> should be within 120 days.
>
>>
>> On 12/17/2010 4:42 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
>>> I suggested to them that they change the demand of their petition.
>>> Trials in the US take time, and I expect that the government is
>>> preparing the prosecution. So the US has an easy response to this
>>> petition: "We are giving him a trial, just wait and see."
>
> In a civilian trial, under state+federal laws, yes. Under the UCMJ,
> that's not an option. One thing that's complicating it is that, if I
> understand RCM's and JAG manuals right, there are 3 jobs in this.
> There's an initial investigation, a prosecution, and a defense, and JAG
> officers do all 3. I'm also told that often the officers that do the
> invesitgation, also tend to be either then prosecute or defend (or both)
>
> I've put a call in to an old aquintance of mine (he was an Army MP
> officer I used to play Delta Force 2/LW with online 8-9 years ago, see
> if he's still in the military and get some facts out of him about
> procedures)
>
>>>
>>> However, that is no excuse for keeping Manning in such inhumane
>>> conditions. It is normal in the US for the accused to get bail. They
>>> should offer Bradley Manning bail.
>
> There is no bail in the military. If it's a minor crime, they're kept
> with their unit, major one it's pre-trial confinement. That's the
> military life.
>
>>>
>>>
>>
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