FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- Army officials are opening the doors to the military prison in Kansas where they are holding an Army private suspected of illegally passing U.S. government secrets to the WikiLeaks website.
Pfc. Bradley Manning was moved last week from the Marine brig in Quantico, Va., to the Joint Regional Correctional Facility at Fort Leavenworth amid criticism over his treatment and confinement.
Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins said the media tour of the military's medium-security prison at Fort Leavenworth would show the conditions under which the Army holds Manning as he undergoes further evaluation.
Clearly, Pfc. Manning is an unusual circumstance, Collins said.
He said Manning would soon be completing the pretrial evaluation that all inmates go through when they arrive at a prison.
Manning is suspected of having obtained the classified documents while serving as an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq. He is awaiting a determination by the Army on whether he's mentally competent to stand trial. He faces nearly two dozen charges, including aiding the enemy, a crime that can bring the death penalty or life in prison.
Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/28/army-opens-suspected-wikileaks-private-prison-for-media-review/
Pfc. Bradley Manning was moved last week from the Marine brig in Quantico, Va., to the Joint Regional Correctional Facility at Fort Leavenworth amid criticism over his treatment and confinement.
Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins said the media tour of the military's medium-security prison at Fort Leavenworth would show the conditions under which the Army holds Manning as he undergoes further evaluation.
Clearly, Pfc. Manning is an unusual circumstance, Collins said.
He said Manning would soon be completing the pretrial evaluation that all inmates go through when they arrive at a prison.
Manning is suspected of having obtained the classified documents while serving as an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq. He is awaiting a determination by the Army on whether he's mentally competent to stand trial. He faces nearly two dozen charges, including aiding the enemy, a crime that can bring the death penalty or life in prison.
Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/28/army-opens-suspected-wikileaks-private-prison-for-media-review/
