VIDEO: Eighty year-old Daniel Ellsberg was arrested on Saturday in front of the White House when he refused to leave at the request of police. He was one of 113 people who were arrested, handcuffed and taken to the police station on March 19, 2011 for protesting President Obama’s continued torture of Bradley Manning.

The director of operations at Quantico Marine Base issued a “threat advisory” last weekend in advance of tomorrow’s rally in support of accused Wikileaks whistleblower Bradley Manning.

Hundreds of people are scheduled for a peaceful protest at the base, including Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.

So, for those who have gotten confused by DOD’s pushback: they are still taking away Manning’s very dangerous boxers at night (though they allow him to wear such dangerous items during the day). And then, in a bid to pretend they’re not trying to drive Manning crazy, they basically make him sleep in an uncomfortable duffel bag-like garment.

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The WikiLeaks suspect’s mistreatment amounts to torture. Either President Obama knows this or he should make it his business.

According to Bradley Manning’s Article 138 complaint, written in his own voice, Commander James Averhart put Manning on suicide watch on January 18 to demonstrate that he was, for all practical purposes, God.

For over seven months, Manning has been detained in solitary confinement at a maximum security military brig in Virginia. He has been forced to endure widely condemned conditions and could face the death sentence as a result of charges recently leveled against him. He has yet to receive so much as a preliminary hearing.

The Marines put a lot of stock in their reputation and image. Words like “honor” play a large part in Marine culture, as does the Marine motto “Semper Fi.” The Marines’ recruiting website puts it like this:” Marines are held to the highest standards, ethically and morally. Respect for others is essential. Marines are expected to act responsibly in a manner befitting the title they’ve earned.”

Sadly, CWO Barnes and others above and below her in the chain of command are abusing the reputation of the Corps by their disrespectful and shameful conduct with regard to the Detention of Bradley Manning.

What kind of Marine acts like this? These are “The Few. The Proud.”? In the words of Judge Andrew Napolitano of Fox News, they are also apparently the “KBG-Like.”

What ever happened to Marines like PFC Guy Gabaldon?

DOD, protecting us from terrorists … and boxer shorts.

For the second night in a row, Pfc. Bradley Manning has been forced to strip naked in his cell and spent the night in humiliation in his cell at Quantico. Manning’s lawyer writes on his blog that Quantico’s new brig commander, CWO-2 Denise Barnes, directly made the decision to strip Manning without consulting the brig’s mental health specialists.