WikiLeaks Lawyer: Suicide Joke Misinterpreted
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sarcastic remarks about suicide by underwear led an Army private suspected of leaking classified U.S. documents to be stripped of all his clothing at night, his lawyer says.
Pfc. Bradley Manning civilian lawyer, David Coombs, said in a blog post Saturday that his client's clothing was taken away at nights after Manning made a sarcastic comment that if he wanted to harm himself he could do that with "the elastic waistband of his underwear or with his flip-flops."
Military officials had cited privacy rules Friday in not disclosing more about why Manning was stripped of all his clothing.
Manning is accused of giving classified documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks.
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