Glenn Greenwald wrote WH forces P.J. Crowley to resign for condemning abuse of Manning.
"On Friday, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley denounced the conditions of Bradley Manning's detention as 'ridiculous, counterproductive and stupid,' forcing President Obama to address those comments in a Press Conference and defend the treatment of Manning. Today, CNN reports, Crowley has 'abruptly resigned' under 'pressure from White House officials because of controversial comments he made last week about the Bradley Manning case.' In other words, he was forced to 'resign' -- i.e., fired.
So, in Barack Obama's administration, it's perfectly acceptable to abuse an American citizen in detention who has been convicted of nothing by consigning him to 23-hour-a-day solitary confinement, barring him from exercising in his cell, punitively imposing 'suicide watch' restrictions on him against the recommendations of brig psychiatrists, and subjecting him to prolonged, forced nudity designed to humiliate and degrade. But speaking out against that abuse is a firing offense. Good to know. As Matt Yglesias just put it: 'Sad statement about America that P.J. Crowley is the one being forced to resign over Bradley Manning.' And as David Frum added: 'Crowley firing: one more demonstration of my rule: Republican pols fear their base, Dem pols despise it.'"
I think between Manning and Guantanamo, one of Obama's biggest failing has been on toture and unlimited detainment. On the face of it, Crowley is right and Obama's statement that the Pentagon assured him its for Manning's own good is moronic.
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