The U.S. military has announced accused Army whistleblower Bradley Manning is being moved from the Quantico Marine brig in Virginia to a prison at Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas. The military has been coming under increasing criticism for holding Manning in solitary confinement since last July. Manning is accused of leaking thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks. On Tuesday, the Pentagon’s top lawyer, Jeh Johnson, said, “I won’t say that his conditions at Quantico had nothing to do with this.” During a press conference, Johnson was asked about Manning’s health.

Jeh Johnson, Pentagon General Counsel: “An assessment is underway to determine whether Private Manning is mentally competent in this case, in the event it goes to trial. […] At this juncture of the case, we have decided that the new joint regional correctional facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is the most appropriate facility for Private Manning for continued pre-trial detention.”