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Over the past few weeks, the Bradley Manning defense has been working to facilitate an official visit for Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Mr. Juan Mendez (the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture), and a representative from Amnesty International. Despite multiple inquires from the defense and the interested parties, the Quantico Brig and the Government have denied the requests for an 'official visit.' The Quantico Brig Order P1640.1C, paragraph 3.17 allows two types of visitors for a detainee, 'authorized' and 'official.' The difference between them is described here in the Brig rule. The defense maintains that the critical distinction between the two is that official visits are privileged and not subject to Brig monitoring. Such an authorized visit, of course, will be subject to Brig monitoring and can be used as evidence against PFC Manning in a court-martial proceeding.

The Law Offices of David E. Coombs

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