Manning is not only held under maximum custody, he is held under Prevention of Injury (POI) watch. He's checked upon by guards every five minutes and has to be responsive. At night, they check up on him every fifteen minutes and if they can't see him properly, they wake him up. No pillows, no sheets, no personal items, no phyiscal exercise. One hour a day outside his cell in shackles, no interaction with any other detainees.

PFC Manning has been held under POI watch since his arrival at the brig, except for a few days of even stricter suicide watch. The attending forensic psychiatrist has recommended to take him off maximum custody and off POI watch at the end of August -- and everytime since --, yet Manning's condition remains unchanged.

Again, Glenn Greenwald wrote about the conditions of Manning's -- and others' -- detention over and over again

Examples:
-- The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention
-- U.N. to investigate treatment of Bradley Manning
-- America's treatment of detainees

*promote

Check out the adventures of David House and Jane Hamsher during their attempted visit of Bradley Manning on 01/23/11. The rule of law apparently does not apply to inmates at this brig in Quantico.

If it wasn't for the likes of those two, Glenn Greenwald and the folks over at FDL, shit like this would go unnoticed.

http://videosift.com/video/Brandenburg-v-Ohio

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@gwiz665

Someone asked Glenn Greenwald that question today.

Q: Glenn, as a lawyer: is there a legal statute in the US code that someone who is inciting murder ... could be indicted for? Could anybody file those charges?

A: I'd be against that for the same reason I'm against the Government's efforts to criminalize Anwar al-Awlaki's sermons: the Constitution protects free speech, including -- as the Supreme Court has held -- the abstract advocacy of violence (see Brandenburg v. Ohio): link.

That makes sense. Still, being a government official, calling out that someone should illegally assassinate a person needs some repercussions.
>> ^radx:

@gwiz665
Someone asked Glenn Greenwald that question today.

Q: Glenn, as a lawyer: is there a legal statute in the US code that someone who is inciting murder ... could be indicted for? Could anybody file those charges?
A: I'd be against that for the same reason I'm against the Government's efforts to criminalize Anwar al-Awlaki's sermons: the Constitution protects free speech, including -- as the Supreme Court has held -- the abstract advocacy of violence (see Brandenburg v. Ohio): link.

@gwiz665

Someone asked Glenn Greenwald that question today.

Q: Glenn, as a lawyer: is there a legal statute in the US code that someone who is inciting murder ... could be indicted for? Could anybody file those charges?

A: I'd be against that for the same reason I'm against the Government's efforts to criminalize Anwar al-Awlaki's sermons: the Constitution protects free speech, including -- as the Supreme Court has held -- the abstract advocacy of violence (see Brandenburg v. Ohio): link.

Oh, this State Department Press Release is just epic. EPIC!, I say.

The United States is pleased to announce that it will host UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from May 1 - May 3 in Washington, D.C. UNESCO is the only UN agency with the mandate to promote freedom of expression and its corollary, freedom of the press.

The theme for next year’s commemoration will be 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers. The United States places technology and innovation at the forefront of its diplomatic and development efforts. New media has empowered citizens around the world to report on their circumstances, express opinions on world events, and exchange information in environments sometimes hostile to such exercises of individuals’ right to freedom of expression. At the same time, we are concerned about the determination of some governments to censor and silence individuals, and to restrict the free flow of information. We mark events such as World Press Freedom Day in the context of our enduring commitment to support and expand press freedom and the free flow of information in this digital age. (...)

Glenn Greenwald ran a piece on it the other day called "What a collapsing empire looks like". Some of the already mentioned examples were listed by the NYT earlier that day.

It'd almost be funny (in some twisted and fucked up way) if austerity wasn't the name of the game over here as well. Maintenance of and investment into infrastructure can be postponed or outright stopped, but taxes can't be raised back to levels we had 10-15 years ago.

The other day, I read an article in a Swiss newspaper that the Danish government had to create a bank account for folks who voluntarily wanted to pay more taxes to further improve the welfare state. It's just a handful of people, but still ... the irony is just baffling.

See also
http://videosift.com/video/Glenn-Greenwald-The-Decriminalization-of-Drugs-in-Portugal

Laws like good and evil are human constructs.

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202462704567&High_Court_Refuses_to_Hear_Rendition_Case

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/11/03/arar

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/02/28/al_haramain

Take a good look around people. Your rights don't mean jack shit especially since the civil case against the United States government for the extraordinary rendition of one, Maher Arar. Glenn Greenwald did a piece on it. Something about the Judicial branch said they couldn't review anything the Executive Branch did because of National Security. Well fuck me if Checks and Balances went out the window.

>> ^NinjaInHeat:

NordlichReiter: I am missing the point? the ship was bound to Gaza, it gave word that it was heading to Gaza in advance, they were informed in advance that they would not be allowed passage, they were offered in advance to have their ship inspected for contraband... Of course the fact Israel did what it did before the ship actually crossed over is illegal, if you had read my first comment you'd see I acknowledged that, but that -isn't- the point. I'm trying to figure out whether those soldiers acted appropriately, whether this was some senseless slaughter brought on by "trigger happiness", but no, let's not talk about that, that's not what the controversy's about, I am missing the point...


If they acted illegally in boarding the ship before the crime was committed, then it is pretty clear that they acted inappropriately.

>> ^NinjaInHeat:

rougy: ummm... you do realize the commandos were stabbed with knives and seriously beaten (they are seriously injured, there's no question about that) before they opened fire?
Imagine yourself in the shoes of these peace activists, can you really imagine yourself coming to the conclusion that stabbing the commandos is the only appropriate course of action? you can argue all you want about the legitimacy of taking over the boat in the first place, but grow up, what sort of gentle peace-loving mob would be able to seriously injure commandos?


You're missing the point there. They boarded at international waters, that is a crime. Whether or not the ships had intent to travel to Gaza is another story. Just because someone has intent does does not mean they have committed a crime, unless that intent is to harm another person.

If I told you I was going to cross the fence of your yard, and just stood at the fence you could not act on me for crossing the fence. Why? Well because I didn't cross the fence, I simply had intent to cross the fence. Does that give you the right to come onto the sidewalk and fuck my shit up? No. In short Israel doesn't have a legal leg to stand on, and neither would a person defending his property by going outside of that property.

Is it Israel's right to blockade a population? That I don't know and I would differ to much more informed people.

The argument is, Israel over stepped their fucking bounds. They're like North Korea only they are supposed to be the good guys.

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They mastered tachyons before the July war.>> ^kronosposeidon:

The IDF is so good that they were able to travel backwards in time to seize bulletproof vests aboard the Mavi Marmara.
In your FACE, Einstein!

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