Life imitates Art

By Mad Dog
Published: Jan 09, 2013

Charles Pierce, in Esquire, about Bradley Manning: "We are to believe through this ruling that Manning was treated more rigorously than was necessary and that his treatment was more excessive than legitimate government interests demanded, but that nobody in authority ordered it, nobody in authority countenanced it, and that nobody in authority will be called to account for it. It just happened, like a power outage, or a problem with the plumbing and, if there was somebody ordering it, or countenancing it, or in authority over it, it was all for Manning’s good, anyway. Both things cannot be true. If Manning’s treatment was more rigorous than was necessary and that it exceeded what was required to meet legitimate government interests, then it cannot have been done for Manning’s benefit, and somebody ordered the excesses and somebody countenanced them and somebody carried them out."