I encourage you to read up on North Korea's political prisons. Here's a few links that you may find interesting. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/19/north-korea-prison-camp-14-documentary http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-land-of-unspeakable-atrocities-un-commission-warns-leader-kim-jongun-he-could-face-trial-for-human-rights-abuses-in-north-korea-9134405.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/10/AR2008121003855.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons_in_North_Korea There's also a documentary on the subject. I stand by my statement that Manning is facing nothing close to this. Humiliating, inhumane, and illegal, yes. Nothing close to North Korea. I do agree that we need protection for whistleblowers. What that should be, I don't have the expertise to accurately say, but we can't continue to torture people and call ourselves a civilized nation.