From a sweet-faced kid (above) to a product of US military torture.
Whistleblower Private Bradley Manning's friend David House says that more than eight months in isolation, with movement and sleep restrictions placed on him, had their intended effect.
House has told MSNBC that by the end of January (2011) Manning appeared "catatonic" and that he had "severe problems communicating," with it having taken House nearly 45 minutes on a recent visit to engage in any meaningful way.
House said Manning's demeanor was as "if he had just woken up and didn't know what was going on around him".
Manning was "utterly exhausted physically and mentally...it was difficult to have any kind of social engagement".
Mannning has been held in a bare, windowless 6x12 foot cell for 23 hours a day, with no sound or personal effects, no radio or clock with
which to distinguish night from day.
He is not allowed to exercise in
his cell. His only exercise is walking figure eights in another room,
in shackles.
He is forced to strip naked to sleep and to stand at attention in the morning in this state.
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