On: Daniel Ellsberg has died

[miguelazo]

"at a time when his acquittal was anything but a foregone conclusion." This is a laughable statement given the treatment of several other recent whistleblowers. The power of the security state is orders of magnitude greater now.

[Alex3917 → miguelazo]

This. They were literally torturing Chelsea Manning at the time.

[aftbit → Alex3917]

They were? This is news to me. I mean, the US prison system is basically torture, but I assume you mean something worse than that?

[jccc → aftbit]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/31/chelsea-mann...

[sneak → aftbit]

Yes, they put her in solitary for extended periods of time and took away all her clothes and effects as punitive measures long before trial.