Protesters Gather At Beale Air Force Base

[harvey007]

Source: The Sacramento Bee

Peace groups outside the main gate of Beale Air Force Base today are protesting the treatment of the private suspected of handing secret reports over to WikiLeaks.

They are also calling on military personnel at the base to resist war and the use of the drones.

Protesters from Veterans for Peace, CodePINK and other groups are asking for "basic constitutional principles and human rights" be extended to Pfc. Bradley Manning.

Manning is suspected of downloading thousands of secret reports and diplomatic cables and handing them over to WikiLeaks.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/29/3287040/protesters-gather-at-beale-air.html

[BonnieJW]

1. Don't they know

he's being held at Quantico in Virginia? It's in all the papers.

[itsrobert]

2. Beale Air Force Base?

a strange place to hold a protest. It's out in the middle of nowhere.

[harvey007]

3. Think globally, act locally?

[slackmaster]

4. It's the home of a PAVE PAWS installation

[KansDem]

5. "...the treatment of the private suspected of handing secret reports over to WikiLeaks."

Pvt. Manning has been in solitary confinement for what?...seven months now?

How long does it take to charge him with the crime he's "suspected" of?

Sounds like they don't have a case against him...

Who's handling this? Capital One?

[Pavulon]

6. Manning admitted it in public. Before being arrested..

he is already charged. Those charges are online as well.

[KansDem]

7. Then why so long for a trial?

Is the government "building" its case? If he admitted it in public, then why the delay?