P.I.D. Radio 12/17/10: Solitary Accusations
PFC. BRADLEY Manning has been kept in solitary confinement for most of 2010, allowed only one hour a day out of his cell even though he hasn't yet been tried and convicted of a crime. Is Manning a patsy, a convenient excuse to criminalize investigative journalism and a clampdown on the Internet? See Glenn Greenwald's column on the treatment of Bradley Manning at Salon.com.
Also: the UN mulls Internet regulation; a rush of 13s; and Adventures in Synthetic Biology.