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posted by chromas on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:30AM   Printer-friendly

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.


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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 09 2019, @03:43AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 09 2019, @03:43AM (#811924) Journal

    And, I'm sure you'll be very happy with your strawman, although no government in the United States will recognize your marriage to an inanimate object.

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  • (Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Saturday March 09 2019, @05:03AM

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 09 2019, @05:03AM (#811945) Journal

    Hmmm, i guess. I was referring to the battling AC strawmen below you.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @08:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @08:43AM (#811974)

    although no government in the United States will recognize your marriage to an inanimate object.

    And yet you are considered "marriageable". Isn't that ironic.