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November 30, 2012

Bradley Manning Describes Harrowing Prison Conditions in 1st Public Testimony Since 2010 Arrest 
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Accused U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning spoke publicly about his
imprisonment for the first time since he was arrested for allegedly
giving a trove of classified documents to Wiki Leaks. During a pretrial
hearing Thursday, Manning described the anxiety and confusion he felt
while imprisoned in Kuwait after his arrest in 2010, saying: "I remember
thinking, 'I'm going to die.' I thought I was going to die in a cage."
As part of his testimony, Manning entered a life-size representation of
the six-by-eight-foot cell where he was later held at the Quantico
military base in Virginia and recounted how he would tilt his head to
see the reflection of a skylight through a gap in his cell door. Manning
has offered to plead guilty to a subset of charges that could
potentially carry a maximum prison term of 16 years.

 

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