Wikileaks Public date: 10.08.2017 19:48:51

Publisher: Firstpost

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3 Dec 2012

Hearing for US soldier in WikiLeaks centers on prison treatment

Saturday s proceedings, on the fifth day of the hearing, focused on the events of January 18, 2011, when Manning broke down and began crying after falling while guards were removing his shackles in an exercise room. Defense attorneys allege that Manning became especially distraught that day because guards were bullying him. Manning himself testified earlier that his guards seemed angry on the morning the incident occurred, making him nervous. One of Manning s guards at the time, former Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jonathan Cline, acknowledged in his testimony that military personnel at Quantico had been irritated by a pro-Manning protest a day before the incident in the exercise room. The protest had snarled traffic around Quantico.
Saturday s proceedings, on the fifth day of the hearing, focused on the events of January 18, 2011, when Manning broke...

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