State Department Spokesmen Says Bradley Manning Is Being ‘Mistreated’ By U.S.

Hillary Clinton's chief spokesman P.J. Crowley told the audience at an MIT conference last night that Wikileaks leaker Bradley Manning is being "mistreated" in a military jail, which is "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid," according to two bloggers who attended the event.

Crowley, who has been a strong critic of Bradley, said at the conference that Manning's solitary confinement, where he must remain in his cell for 23 hours a day and has been required to stand at (parade rest) naked, was "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid" even though he "is in the right place," according to bloggers, Phillipa Thomas and Chuck Toporek.