Why do people keep bringing up the treatment of Manning in a military prison re: Snowden?

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In brig, WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning ordered to sleep without clothing
By Ellen Nakashima,March 05, 2011
... Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said ... he had visited Quantico to observe the conditions of Manning’s detention ... “There’s this misperception out there that he is in somehow in solitary confinement, out on his own somewhere in a dark and dreary cell,” Morrell said. “That could not be further from the truth” ... <Manning’s attorney David Coombs> ... said .. Manning is technically not held in solitary confinement ...
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-03-05/world/35260997_1_david-e-coombs-brig-psychiatrist-military-detention-facility

US v. Pfc. Manning
Court Ruling on defense Article 13 motion
By Alexa O'Brien on January 9, 2013 11:59 AM
This ruling was read into the Court record at the Article 39(a) session of United Stated v. Pfc. Bradley Manning at Fort Meade, Maryland on January 8 and 9, 2013.
... CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ... The defense challenges the periods the accused remained on suicide risk over Captain Hocter's recommendation as unlawful pretrial punishment. The Government concedes that maintaining the accused on suicide risk after mental health provider determined he was no longer a suicide risk constitutes unlawful pretrial punishment under Article 13. The Court agrees ... The accused was not held in solitary confinement. Solitary means alone without human contact. Although the accused was confined by himself in a cell similar to that of other detainees at Marine Corps Brig Quantico, he had daily human contact. There was no additional door separating the accused cell from the main hallway. He can view all activity going on in the hallway. He had weekly visits with his counselor and mental health professionals as well as daily walk through visits by the Brig O ... There was no intent to punish the accused by anyone on the Marines Corps Brig staff or Marines Corps Quantico chain of command. Their intent was to ensure the accused was safe, did not hurt or kill himself, and was present for trial ... The Court finds the continued maintenance of the accused on POI status over mental health recommendation after 1 November 2010 was excessive in relation to the legitimate POI interest .. except for the period of 10 through 13 December 2011, when Captain Hocter recommended the accused remain on POI. The Court will award one day of sentence credit for 1 November to 17 January 2011-- minus those three days for a total of 75 days ... The Court will grant day for day sentence credit from 1 to 20 April 2011 for a total of twenty days ... The Court grants ten days of sentence credit ... The Court recognizes that RCM 305(k) can provide an independent basis for additional credit ... The accused has been granted with 112 days of sentence credit for Article 13 punishments ...
http://www.alexaobrien.com/secondsight/wikileaks/bradley_manning/appellate_exhib/us_v_pfc_manning_court_ruling_on_defense_article_13_motion.html

Why I called Bradley Manning's treatment 'stupid'
The US should uphold the highest standards towards its citizens, including the WikiLeaks accused. I stand by what I said
PJ Crowley
Tuesday 29 March 2011 11.00 EDT
... Earlier this month, I was asked by an MIT graduate student why the United States government was "torturing" Private First Class Bradley Manning, who is accused of being the source of the WikiLeaks cables that have been reported by the Guardian and other news outlets and posted online. The fact is the government is doing no such thing ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/29/bradley-manning-wikileaks