I know this has been mentioned before, but new details have emerged from Anonymous's plan to avenge the inhumane detention of Bradley Manning, Operation Bradical:
Over the weekend, the loose hacker collective Anonymous declared that it will go on the offensive against those who are currently detaining Manning in a Quantico military brig, keeping him in solitary confinement and forcing him to strip nightly and stand at attention naked each morning.
In a crowdsourced document used to coordinate the group’s actions, Anonymous hackers name Department of Defense Press Secretary Geoff Morell and chief warrant officer Denise Barnes as targets and call on members to dig up personal information on both, including phone numbers, personal histories and home addresses. The goal of the operation, for now, is to “dox” the two officials, the typical Anonymous method of publishing personal information of victims and using it for mass harassment...
One member of Anonymous, who tells me he’s not associated with the action, says that doxing will likely include “ruin life tactics” such as “ordering them pizza, sending them thousands of boxes, reporting them to police for drug abuse, sex offenders list, tricking their ISPs into canceling the Internet, messing with their social security numbers, false flag, fax harassment, phone harassment, email bombing, subscriptions to magazines, diapers, tampons.”
What's that compared to
sleep deprivation,
forced nudity,
solitary confinement, and humiliation Bradley Manning faces each day for allegedly leaking information detailing
war crimes,
corrution, and
the endless attempts by our government to manipulate public opinion for "our safety"? Not one person has died as a result of Manning's actions. NOT ONE. Yet he is treated far worse than
rapists,
torturers, and
serial liars.
What does Anonymous demand, nothing more than the humane treatment of Bradley Manning who's punitive punishment precedes even any convinction:
“Manning must be given sheets, blankets, any religious texts he desires, adequate reading material, clothes, and a ball. One week. Otherwise, we continue to dox and ruin those responsible for keeeping him naked, without bedding, without any of the basic amenities that were provided even to captured Nazis in WWII.”
Will this result in Manning being treated at least humanely while he's held indefinitely without trial? It's hard to say, but it's not as though the large public outcry against his confinement has helped either. It couldn't be more obvious that the Government is relying on these punitive measures to coerce Manning to confessing his alleged crimes because
they have no evidence that would stand to any sort of fair trial. But of course some will deny it, bending over backward to defend the powerful from what was revealed by Wikileaks, "What Manning did was treason" they'll explain...while the military complex rolls on, destroying and torturing millions and discrediting anyone who dares try to stop it.