Chase Madar, author of The Passion of Bradley Manning, discusses Manning’s defense lawyer David Coombs’ motion to dismiss – based on Bradley’s mistreatment in pretrial custody; the brave psychiatrists at the Quantico brig who protested Manning’s treatment, even though they were pressured by a general; and why similar treatment of other prisoners is all too “cruel and usual” in the US prison system.

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