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First he watches creepy Julian Assange freely swan around the globe, taking all the glory for the information he passed on to his controversial Wikileaks website.
Then he's thrown into maximum security with the Marine Corps no less - where let's just say he wasn't welcomed with open arms. For more than eight months he spent 23 hours a day and ate all his meals in an isolated cell, was permitted no contact with other prisoners, and was forced to wear chains and leg irons any time he was moved.
He also was often forced to strip naked at night and stand nude in his cell for
early morning inspection.
The Marines claim they took his clothes to prevent him from injuring himself, but after claims that he was tortured, he is now being moved from their Quantico, VA base and in with the Army instead.
He’ll be placed in a new medium-security facility, which means he’ll have some freedom of movement in an open day room, have contact and take meals with fellow prisoners, shower when he wants and have access to books and TV.
Hew will also have three hours a day of recreation time.
This will make visits with his civilian attorney, family and some friends more difficult, but it’s the nearest such facility for pre-trial confinement the Army has.
Defense Department general counsel Jeh C. Johnson said the Leavenworth facility would better serve Manning during a lengthier confinement before his trial.
Officials agreed that Manning's case, which involves hundreds of thousands of highly sensitive and classified documents, is very complex and could drag on for months, if not years.
He faces nearly two dozen charges, including aiding the enemy, a crime that can bring the death penalty or life in prison.
Meanwhile, Julian it appears, is nowhere to be seen, but at least he has his freedom.
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