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Chelsea Manning sent to jail for refusing to testify in WikiLeaks case
Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning will be held in jail until she testifies before a grand jury or that grand jury is no longer operating, a federal judge in Alexandria ruled Friday.
Most of the hearing at which prosecutors argued for Manning to be held in contempt was sealed, but the court was open to the public for Judge Claude M. Hilton's ruling. "I've found you in contempt," Hilton said. He ordered her to custody immediately, "either until you purge yourself or the end of the life of the grand jury."
Manning was called to testify in an investigation into WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website she shared classified documents with back in 2010. Manning served seven years of a 35 year prison sentence for her leak before receiving a commutation from President Barack Obama.
Outside court before the hearing, Manning said she was prepared to go to jail. "These secret proceedings tend to favor the government," she said. "I'm always willing to explain things publicly."
Older article. Also at BBC, The Guardian, and Associated Press.
(Score: -1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:35AM (20 children)
Just like Trump!
Read about his past!
(Score: 4, Informative) by RandomFactor on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:39AM (17 children)
I hate it when I mix people up too. Chelsea is a her.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:49AM (7 children)
Your political correctness is noted.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday March 09 2019, @03:57AM (3 children)
She's more of a man than you ever were or will be despite cutting the bits off and taking testosterone blockers. For that matter, *I* have more of the traditional manly virtues than you do and I'm an OEM, XX-chromosome-having model
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:21PM (2 children)
I guess so. You and Bradley, and a whole bunch of others, including incels, are busy redefining what a man is. When you're done redefining all the bits and parts that make a man, I'm sure I will no longer WANT to be a man. Just remember, I have had assertiveness training, not sensitivity training. You and Bradley can sensitize all you like, but don't ever expect me to join you.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Saturday March 09 2019, @06:43PM
I admire Manning for what he did. I admire Manning for what she's doing here. It's Manning's actions and character that matter; what gender Manning wants to be yesterday or today or tomorrow is a sideshow distraction from the message about government corruption and crimes.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday March 09 2019, @09:29PM
Wait, I thought your complaint with me was that I'm too *insensitive.* You know, a shrill, screeching, Nasty Woman (TM). Now I'm too attuned to peoples' emotions? Which is it, Runaway? And that's not a Bradley any longer. I can't pretend to understand trans* peoples' experiences, but I'm willing to take her at her word for what she is. If this triggers you, well, so much the better; I love the idea of not only respecting people but also making self-hating closet cases like you foam at the mouth while doing it.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 5, Informative) by aristarchus on Saturday March 09 2019, @06:33AM (1 child)
I just knew that ol' curmudgeon Runaway would not be able to stand for liverty on this one, but would revert to his old transphobic hog-loving ways.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:22PM
So, you've got liver spots?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 10 2019, @12:43AM
Your virtue signaling has been noted.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:53AM (7 children)
Yeah, you are mixed up. He's a psychologically ill guy who has to take drugs, or he turns back into a pumpkin. He's a "her" only in his (and apparently yours too) head, not in the real world. This game you people play is not sustainable, requires too much conscious effort and infrastructure. Not worth it. It will only make us weak and sickly and crippled.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:56AM (3 children)
You're welcome to leave any time you want.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @04:35AM (2 children)
I hear ya, man! People who tell the bare naked ugly truth are real assholes, aren't they? Get them the hell away from us!
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @06:13AM (1 child)
Who needs science? This guy common senses!
/s cause this is SN
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 10 2019, @12:00AM
A politician that tells the truth will lose the election. Similarly, here a person posting the truth will be modded down and unjustly blocked from posting.
This guy Manning is a conman with very serious psychological issues. You can see it in those pics when he was in the army.
Self mutilation is not normal behavior.
(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Saturday March 09 2019, @03:01AM (1 child)
What I found most humorous about the NPC meme is that some of them were so well done it was completely impossible to tell if it was an NPC or someone an NPC was mocking.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @07:05AM
Someone playing an NPC ? Say it ain't so, Joe! (The Joe here is "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, accused of throwing the World Series (of baseball, for non-USAians)) Here it not a matter just of betrayal and complicity and collusion, but plain logic?
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @03:02AM
Ever tried the shuffle? It is best performed on the edge of a mortal coil.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @03:44AM
It has been sent to jail.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @04:34AM (1 child)
manning for president!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Saturday March 09 2019, @06:48PM
Manning for Senate, and then for chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Man, couldn't you just imagine the entire 3-letter agency community shitting its collective pants?
Yeah, put Manning there. Bring Snowden back in a similar capacity. Make Preet Bharara AG. That's some justice-y action right there.
Washington DC delenda est.