from the public over his treatment of quantico manning was transferred to a new facility in fort leavenworthkansas now while this. but he's also closed off to the public word is that manning is being detained in much better conditions so we wait for a trial to begin let's take a minute to see how weak how bradley manning have changed the world over the last year earlier i caught up with daniel ellsberg former u.s. military analyst who famously leaked the pentagon papers in one nine hundred seventy want he's also the author of the book secrets a memoir of vietnam and the pentagon papers and i first asked him if you think this has been a good year or a bad year for journalism on one hand we saw trove of documents that were reported on but only because wiki leaks was willing to release them and we know that our mainstream press might not have done the same. well that's true every time there's a major leak of any sort whether it's the pentagon papers forty years ago with thousands of pages or particularly claim to be and as a wiretap one of those wiretap that for which the new york times got a p

rapporteur on torture to have a one on one meeting with manning even after he was transferred to fort leavenworth . anyway i think that you know how i feel about this issue and we all know that the mainstream media doesn't care about manning's case about its treatment about the dangers to the freedom of speech and whistleblowers at this entire wiki leaks episode is shown us but once again i do find it completely unacceptable the mainstream media cares nothing about the lack of openness of transparency right here just like they didn't care when journalists are being blocked from covering a vixens of occupy camps and here they don't care at all the most high profile whistleblower case of this generation is happening under extremely tight lipped circumstances so as long as they still worship those in power get the leaks of they actually care about the mainstream media is going to choose to miss. wells manning for the first time gets a day in court both the prosecution and defense lay out arguments present witnesses most of whom were rejected by the government mannix case let's not forget we need to

unusually restrictive conditions at both the marine base at quantico, virginia, and, lately, at fort leavenworth, kansas. supporters charge his treatment- - solitary confinement and routine denial of clothing-- has been tantamount to torture. a small group gathered outside fort meade today. if convicted, manning could face life in prison. for more on today's proceedings, we are joined from fort meade by arun rath. he's been covering the wikileaks and bradley manning story for our pbs partners, "frontline." arun, welcome. give us an idea of how closed or open this proceduring was. were you allowed in the courtroom? >> reporter: no, there was only a pool of about nine reporters allowed inside the courtroom. the proceeding itself is an opening proceeding. it's open to the public. found come you could try to get one of spots inside and some people did. i think there was a supporter of bradley manning who as the session was ending today shouted out, "bradley manning, you're a hero." there are clear security restrictions in place so for the media that aren't in the pool, the rest of us were in a media

so going off into the woods at camp ripley or fort leavenworth and shooting cannons and riding horses around was a really nice break -- war as a break for politics. but she was always asking, what do they camped out to say? how is your heart? are you getting enough food? are you sleeping? she was always worried about his health. and teasing him and admonishing him at the same time. >> host: he had a clean bill of health. she said that they didn't look at your counsel. >> guest: didn't believe it. didn't even look at it. >> host: one of the things i loved about the book is how it really painted a picture of what it hiller bass was for harry throughout their relationship. i wonder, could you pull for many letters or characterize how they relied on each other and what kind of support she provided him? >> guest: it's interesting. he often said and he said in a letter they are indeed late 20s or early 30s -- i think early 30s, he had come back from national guard early because there was some problem with the court that he had to deal with. but the wait seemed to have been presented in the

thank for your dedication to the fort leavenworth community and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. the census bureau recently reported that 100 million americans in or on the brink of poverty. maybe now tea party is hearing georgia and congress will realize what millions of people already know and that is americans are barely getting by and the misguided republican agenda of deregulation, higher taxes for the middle class and tax cuts for the rich would do nothing for those who are struggling. we should extend the payroll tax cut, toss a lifeline to struggling americans who can barely make ends meet and stop holding small businesses and american families hostage with the threat of higher taxes. i hope my tea party colleagues will take the moment to put the interest of the majority of americans over those of overpaid bankers and oil

back into the period between his service in iraq and in afghanistan general petraeus was in fort leavenworthng a new counter insurgency manual would be issued by both the army and marine corps it is a well done document and if you read it you will be amazed at the parallel i think between the prescriptions there and what general abrams did when he later took command. that is a rather long answer but you ask a fundamental question and i thank you for that. >> i don't know enough about that. i can't do that. thank you. other questions? yes, please. >> would you comment on what happened after he appeared on the cover of time as the man of the year because i was out in vietnam in 67 and there was a lot of talk going around about west berlin from and for president, and it was coming out and i don't know if that is in your book or not but it seems to be in retrospect that may have added a great deal to his ego. >> that's a good question and there's a little input on this. the question has to do with of course the "time" magazine cover on the first issue of money to 66 general westmoreland was on t

back into the period between his service in iraq and in afghanistan general petraeus was in fort leavenworth tasked with writing a new counter insurgency manual would be issued by both the army and marine corps it is a well done document and if you read it you will be amazed at the parallel i think between the prescriptions there and what general abrams did when he later took command. that is a rather long answer but you ask a fundamental question and i thank you for that. >> i don't know enough about that. i can't do that. thank you. other questions? yes, please. >> would you comment on what happened after he appeared on the cover of time as the man of the year because i was out in vietnam in 67 and there was a lot of talk going around about west berlin from and for president, and it was coming out and i don't know if that is in your book or not but it seems to be in retrospect that may have added a great deal to his ego. >> that's a good question and there's a little input on this. the question has to do with of course the "time" magazine cover on the first issue of money to 66 general wes

back into the period between his service in iraq and in afghanistan general petraeus was in fort leavenworth tasked with writing a new counter insurgency manual would be issued by both the army and marine corps it is a well done document and if you read it you will be amazed at the parallel i think between the prescriptions there and what general abrams did when he later took command. that is a rather long answer but you ask a fundamental question and i thank you for that. >> i don't know enough about that. i can't do that. thank you. other questions? yes, please. >> would you comment on what happened after he appeared on the cover of time as the man of the year because i was out in vietnam in 67 and there was a lot of talk going around about west berlin from and for president, and it was coming out and i don't know if that is in your book or not but it seems to be in retrospect that may have added a great deal to his ego. >> that's a good question and there's a little input on this. the question has to do with of course the "time" magazine cover on the first issue of money to 66 general wes