WikiLeaks Suspect Gets Sleeping Smock
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- The Marine Corps says it has issued a suicide-proof sleeping garment to the imprisoned Army private suspected of giving classified material to WikiLeaks.
Col. Thomas Johnson said Thursday that Pfc. Bradley Manning was given the smock Monday as a substitute for clothing that is removed each night from Manning's cell at the brig in Quantico, Va.
Manning says in a memo to base commander Col. Daniel Choike that the clothing-removal order on March 2 was punitive. He says the bulky smock is uncomfortable.
Manning's memo is a rebuttal of Choike's decision on March 1 to deny Manning's request for an easing of the maximum-custody order that keeps him locked up alone 23 hours a day.
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