Bradley Manning, an Army private, worked as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. During his service, he aided the enemy, leaked several thousands of war logs, and a video of troops gunning down 11 men. His first crime alone is enough to put him away for life in prison. Entering his 10th day of court, it was brought up that he may have suffered from pretrial punishment, as he was held in Quantico for almost a year, before being moved to a prison is Kansas. In these prisons, he was confined with no clothes, aand placed under severe watches and restrictions. Officials justify that they did so to prevent any self harm or suicide attempts.
The author of the article had no sympathy for Manning, shown through her introduction of the circumstance. She omits his name in the first sentence, referring to him only as "an Army private" and follows that description with a summary of his crime. She identifies him as a criminal, and only includes his name in the second section, after which she introduces Officer Denise Barnes, a commander in Quantico, where he was confined. She includes all of Manning's crimes, and rather than explore his argument further, she includes the argument the officials made as to why they detained him in such a manner. She describes the governments position on this case, claiming that they were confining him to maintain his physical health, which she agrees with, because she immediately follows that by listing every crime he committed against our country, and the severity of the act.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-manning-wikileaks-20121210,0,1974207.story
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