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Chelsea Manning Jailed for Contempt of Court, Refused to Testify in an Investigation Into WikiLeaks

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

takyon writes:

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, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:35PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:35PM (#812015) Journal

    It is now considered standard politeness

    So, uhhhm, you're appealing to me on the basis of some form of "politeness"? Hmmmmm . . .

    Synonyms of polite

    civil, courteous, genteel, gracious, mannerly, well-bred
    Words Related to polite

    attentive, careful, considerate, nice, solicitous, thoughtful

    chivalrous, civilized, courtly, gallant, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, ladylike

    ceremonial, ceremonious, red-carpet

    couth, formal, smooth, suave, unctuous, urbane

    elegant, refined

    deferential, dutiful, respectful, submissive, yielding

    acceptable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, good, meet, proper, respectable, right, seemly, suitable

    affable, cordial, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasant, sociable

    felicitous, graceful

    demure, humble, meek, modest, unassertive

    Well, you know, I can actually do some of that, for some people who are very different from me. I can even do it for queers, of whatever variety. But - and this is a REALLY BIG BUT - we're talking about Bradley Manning here. If that little fuckwit happened to spontaneously combust in front of me, I wouldn't piss on him to put out the fire. The most polite thing that I could possibly do for him, is not to shoot him out of hand, if I should ever meet him.

    While I have synonyms in mind, let me look up some more:

    Synonyms and Antonyms of traitorous
    not true in oneʼs allegiance to someone or something

            when our coach took a job at a rival college, a few traitorous players went right along with him

    Synonyms of traitorous

    disloyal, faithless, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, recreant, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue
    Words Related to traitorous

    irresponsible, trustless, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy

    faltering, hesitant, vacillating, wavering

    dubious, irresolute, uncertain

    apathetic, dispassionate, uninterested

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @06:24PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @06:24PM (#812082)

    So, uhhhm, you're appealing to me on the basis of some form of "politeness"?

    AC was going to try to appeal to you on the basis of pedantry but it seems someone beat him to it.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @08:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @08:16PM (#812117)

    Found the.. oh it is Runaway. We find these truths to be self evident....