Retired Colonel Daniel Choike, who served as the Quantico Marine Brig commander while Manning was imprisoned there for nine months, took the stand to testify during the latest hearing in the court martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning. The defense had him take the stand to testify on the confinement conditions that were imposed on Manning while at the Brig as part of argument over an “unlawful pretrial punishment” motion.

Barack Obama is Commander in Chief. The actions of these sick bastards are his responsibility. Instead of fulfilling his campaign promises to close Guantanamo Bay, he has imported their sadistic tactics to American shores so Bank of American can have something to pin on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. He has turned his Justice Department into corporate America’s consiglieri.