Anger over naked WikiLeaks prisoner

A lawyer has protested after a US Army private suspected of giving classified material to WikiLeaks was forced to sleep naked in his cell at a Marine Corps prison near Washington.

A lawyer has protested after a US Army private suspected of giving classified material to WikiLeaks was forced to sleep naked in his cell at a Marine Corps prison near Washington.

The Marines have confirmed that Pfc Bradley Manning was made to take off his boxer shorts for about seven hours on Wednesday night due to what 1st Lt Brian Villiard calls a “situationally driven” event.

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