FORMER CIA EMPLOYEE ACCUSED OF LEAKING TO WIKILEAKS DESCRIBES INHUMANE TREATMENT IN DETENTION
Josh Schulte, a former CIA employee accused of leaking “Vault 7” files to WikiLeaks, claims the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York has put him in solitary confinement. He says officials will not allow him to contact his attorney or work on his defense.
He was charged on June 18 with thirteen offenses that included allegedly violating the Espionage Act by stealing classified information from the CIA. It also included a prior charge involving child pornography.
A handwritten letter [PDF] from Schulte to Judge Paul Crotty was publicly filed on October 29 and then removed.
“I am writing to you because I have been unable to contact my attorney, review my discovery, or even assist on my case in any capacity for the entire month of October,” Schulte complains. “This is outrageous and clearly unconstitutional so I write to you for relief.”
According to Schulte, who is in pretrial detention, guards called him down on October 1 for a “legal visit.” He arrived and was informed he would be put in the “box” while officials investigated him for something. They refused to provide details. He was taken in shackles to MCC’s 9-South wing.
Requests were made to access legal work, discovery materials, or to speak with his attorney. Each were denied.
He describes how his days consist of “nothing but attempted meditation. My fellow slaves constantly scream, pound, and claw at the cages attempting to get attention for basic needs to be fulfilled. I count myself lucky to be able to eat.”
“I have witnessed men dragged from their cages and beaten and maced,” Schulte additionally claims. “An officer even uncuffed an inmate and told him to fight him away from the camera. Abuse runs rampant with few cameras and no monitoring, as there is no oversight of the Bureau of Prisons.”
https://shadowproof.com/2018/10/31/former-cia-employee-accused-leaking-wikileaks-describes-inhumane-treatment-detention/