United States vs. Manning

A timeline of the U.S. investigation between 2006 to 2013

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2011-04-19
 
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The defense recently received reliable reports of a private meeting held on 13 January 2011, involving high-level Quantico officials where it was ordered that PFC Manning would remain in maximum custody and under prevention of injury watch indefinitely. The order to keep PFC Manning under these unduly harsh conditions was issued by a senior Quantico official [COL. ROBERT G. OLTMAN, FORMER SECURITY BATTALION COMMANDER] who stated he would not risk anything happening 'on his watch.' When challenged by a Brig psychiatrist present at the meeting that there was no mental health justification for the decision, the senior Quantico official [COL. ROBERT G. OLTMAN, FORMER SECURITY BATTALION COMMANDER] issuing the order responded, 'We will do whatever we want to do.' Based upon these statements and others, the defense was in the process of filing a writ of habeas corpus seeking a court ruling that the Quantico Brig violated PFC Manning's constitutional right to due process. See United States ex. rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy, 74 S.Ct. 499 (1954) (violation of due process where result of board proceeding was predetermined); United States v. Anderson, 49 M.J. 575 (N.M. Ct. Crim. App. 1998) (illegal punishment where Marine Corps had an unwritten policy automatically placing certain detainees in MAX custody). The facts surrounding PFC Manning's pretrial confinement at Quantico make it clear that his detention was not 'in compliance with legal and regulatory standards in all respects' as maintained at the Pentagon press briefing.
  Name(s:) David Coombs
  Title: civilian defense counsel
Concerning: United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13
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Defense Request to Compel Article 32 Witnesses
Author: David Coombs
Title: civilian defense counsel
Concerning:
"United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13
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