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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.
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spagmumps, n.:
Any of the millions of Styrofoam wads that accompany mail-order items.
-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday August 15 2015, @01:21AM
Yes, I am serious. At the very least, a well-written letter to a congress person from a service member causes a letter to be written to that service member's commanding officer. At the most, heads roll over the contents of a well written letter. People who want out almost always get a discharge after writing their congress critter. When someone has exhausted all other appeals, congress has the ultimate authority over each and every officer in the Navy. Perhaps I should point out that each and every officer's commission comes from congress? Ditto with warrant officers, and senior NCO's. The president is the commander in chief, but congress decides who holds rank in the military.
The commanding officer whose troops are constantly writing to congress in protest of his decisions doesn't have much of a future in the military.