Perhaps *pour encourager les autres*.

feintruled · on Feb 5, 2016

I'm sure he will get some ridiculous 2,000 year prison sentence, no need to torture him to make the point.

jellicle · on Feb 5, 2016

Permanent solitary confinement in ADX Florence (which is assuredly what Snowden and Assange will receive if they are ever in U.S. hands) IS torture.

There is no metaphor or exaggeration or hyperbole in the above sentence.

RobertoG · on Feb 5, 2016

Manning has been tortured. As a member of the army I suppose there are some differences but it's not so difficult to think that the same could happen.

pekk · on Feb 5, 2016

Manning was convicted of espionage, imprisoned, and put into solitary confinement under the legal authority of UCMJ. Unfortunately, this is all legal, backed by the popular view that sentencing should be punitive and serve as a deterrent. Think of all the people in solitary confinement who, unlike Manning, were never in the public eye.

RobertoG · on Feb 5, 2016

Manning was:

imprisoned in solitary confinement, barred from exercising even in his cell, under constant surveillance, without pillows or sheets,

all this, before the trial.

http://www.salon.com/2010/12/15/manning_3/

http://www.mintpressnews.com/chelsea-manning-chronicles-her-...

I agree with you about all the other people in solitary confinement.

kafkaesq · on Feb 5, 2016

Manning was ... put into solitary confinement.

That's what we man by "tortured".

Though "living death" might be a better description.

tremon · on Feb 5, 2016

A rose by any other name is still a rose, whether it's legal or not.