I have just come across some of the information about how the U.S. Marine Corp is treating its prisoner Bradley Manning.

The buzzflash blog has the article Military Steps Up Retaliation Against Bradley Manning As Support Network Grows, which gives a hint at what is going on.

I wonder what harm they think Manning could do if they treated him humanely.  Maybe someone else can come up with a rationale as to why our government would act this way.  Does President Obama suddenly believe in torture now?  Is that why he wouldn’t look into the possible war crimes under the Bush administration?