HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Marine Corps says it has issued a suicide-proof sleeping garment to the imprisoned Army private suspected of giving classified material to WikiLeaks.
| "...and then the rabbit comes out of the hole like this..." |
Col. Thomas Johnson said Thursday that Pfc. Bradley Manning was given the smock Monday as a substitute for clothing that is removed each night from ManningÂ’s cell at the brig in Quantico, Va.
Manning says in a memo to base commander Col. Daniel Choike that the clothing-removal order on March 2 was punitive. He says the bulky smock is uncomfortable.
| Sorta like a straight-jacket, in fact... |
ManningÂ’s memo is a rebuttal of ChoikeÂ’s decision on March 1 to deny ManningÂ’s request for an easing of the maximum-custody order that keeps him locked up alone 23 hours a day.
| I didn't realize incarcerated privates could write memos to colonels... |
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