Bradley Manning: Washington Remembers, London Forgets

The Washingon Post has published what's almost certainly the longest and most in-depth profile yet of queer hero (alleged), Bradley Manning.
'Who Is Bradley Manning?' by Ellen Nakishima claims to draw on interviews with more than 30 friends, family and colleagues.
Although running it in the 'Lifestyle' section seems somewhat perverse...

• "The foreign secretary William Hague is 'playing an avoidance game' over the case of Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of downloading and leaking classified cables to WikiLeaks, according to Ann Clwyd, a Labour MP.
"The former human rights envoy to Iraq has also accused the Foreign Office of "continued stonewalling" of Manning's mother, Susan..." [The Guardian]
In a letter to Hague she sent in April, Susan Manning wrote;
"I was very distressed by seeing Bradley. Being in prison is having a damaging effect on him physically and mentally. I am worried that his condition is getting worse. I would like someone to visit him who can check on his conditions. If Bradley's being a British national means that someone from the British embassy can visit him, then I would like to ask if you can make that happen. I do not believe that Bradley is in a position to be able to request this himself, so I am asking as his mother on his behalf.
"If I try and visit Bradley again, can someone from the British embassy help me and other members of Bradley's family to deal with the US marine authorities and help with any other arrangements we have to make?"
Neither William Hague or the Foreign Office bothered to reply.

• More on this aspect of the story from UK Friends Of Bradley Manning.