As reported here
Chelsea Manning, the transgender Army private convicted of leaking national security secrets, faces a hearing Tuesday for prison infractions that could result in solitary confinement.
Manning, who was intelligence analyst Bradley Manning when arrested in 2010, is charged with disrespect of a prison officer and is accused having books and magazines including Vanity Fair and Cosmopolitan, among other offenses.
Noteable from the article, it is apparently "disrespect of an officer" to request a lawyer.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 14 2015, @04:23PM
Veteran here. Regular Army, Specialist, Honorable discharge. 16 month tour in Iraq.
While I believe Manning was obviously in the wrong for not properly vetting and redacting the information (unlike Snowden who had assistance from journalists) and I also believe that Manning did it for the most incorrect reasons; I do not believe in torturing anyone for any reason.
Manning is in prison, and will be there for many years. I believe that is suitable punishment alone. I have seen enough pain and suffering in the world, no need to add more.
Many of my veteran friends have expressed similar positions on this matter, please remember you do not speak for all of us.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 14 2015, @06:10PM
You sound genuine. Apologies. Yeah, sometimes I guess I come across as speaking for all veterans. I know better, you know better, but maybe that's not how it sounds.
I'll point out that Manning wasn't sentenced to solitary confinement. He will only get that solitary as punishment for violating the rules of the prison. If/when he conforms to prison rules, he will probaly come out of solitary. That is pretty much up to him.
Personally, I don't view solitary confinement as "torture". Punishment, yes, torture no.