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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2015, @06:50AM
but he didn't. as much as i'd like to support manning on his crusade, there may be some things we aren't seeing.
read his comments again, his outbursts of traitor are mostly emotional, but he does provide some solid arguments for it (unfortunate that he didn't have any supporting links for it though)