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[D]efense 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 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 issuing the order responded, 'We will do whatever we want to do.' |
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46.) He will testify that during a meeting early in January of 2011, the Security Battalion Commander in charge of the Quantico Brig. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, clearly stated to the Brig Staff that, 'I will not have anything happen to Manning on my watch... So, nothing is going to change...He won't be able to hurt himself and he won't be able to get away, and our way of making sure of that is that he will remain on Maximum Custody and POI indefinitely.' He will testify that one of the other Brig psychiatrists, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX then said, 'You know Sir, I am concerned because if you are going to do that, maybe you want to call it something else because it is not based upon anything from behavioral health.' In response, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX will testify that XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX said, 'We will do whatever we want to do. You make a recommendation and then I have to make a decision based upon everything else.' XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX will testify that XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX then said 'Well then don't say it is based upon mental health. You can say Maximum Custody, and just don't put that we are somehow involved in this.' XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX replied, 'Well, that is what we are going to do.' XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX will testify that he spoke with others at the Brig to see if they knew why the Brig was so heavy handed on PFC Manning. He will testify that the others at the Brig told him that they have never seen anything like this before. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX will testify that others told him that they were afraid to speak out about the situation given the concern of what would happen as a result of any complaint about PFC Manning's treatment.
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47.) XXXXXXXXXX [WHO IS THIS?] He will testify that neither the Quantico Brig Commander, XXXXXXXXXX, nor the Security Battalion Commander, XXXXXXXXXX gave him any reason for maintaining the Prevention of Injury precautions other than stating it was for PFC Manning's safety. He will testify that XXXXXXXXXX intimated that he was receiving instruction from a higher authority on the matter but did not say who was providing this direction. XXXXXXXXXX will testify that he knew that the higher base authorities had frequent (sometimes weekly) meetings to discuss PFC Manning. XXXXXXXXXX will testify that he gave weekly status reports stating that he felt the POI precautions were unnecessary. XXXXXXXXXX will testify that he recalls a meeting with XXXXXXXXXX where he stated that PFC Manning would remain in his current status Maximum Custody and POI unless and until he received instructions from higher authority to the contrary. XXXXXXXXXX cannot recall XXXXXXXXXX exact word, but he does recall that XXXXXXXXXX made it clear that nothing would change with PFC Manning regardless of his behavior of the recommendations of behavioral health.' |
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4.) On 18 January 2011, over the recommendation of Capt. Hocter and the defense psychiatrist, Capt. Brian Moore, CWO4 Averhart placed me under suicide risk. The suicide risk means that I sit in my cell for 24 hours a day. I am stripped of all clothing with the exception of my underwear. My prescription eyeglasses are taken away from me. I am forced to sit in essential blindness with the exception of the times that I am reading or given limited television privileges. During those times, my glasses are returned to me. Additionally, there is a guard sitting outside my cell watching me at all times. |
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Bradley Manning |
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United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13 |
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