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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: 2, Disagree) by Bot on Saturday March 09 2019, @03:18PM (5 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Saturday March 09 2019, @03:18PM (#812027) Journal

    The problem is that you are dictating me which words to use. One thing is me having responsibility for what I utter. Another is censorship.

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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Saturday March 09 2019, @05:29PM (1 child)

    by Arik (4543) on Saturday March 09 2019, @05:29PM (#812063) Journal
    Well no one's censoring you here.

    Just telling you you're being senselessly rude. Regardless of how you conceptualize it, there's no point in injecting that into every conversation.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 10 2019, @12:18PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 10 2019, @12:18PM (#812275)

      "How many lights do you see there?"
      "I see four lights."
      "No. There are five."

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Thexalon on Saturday March 09 2019, @06:26PM (2 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Saturday March 09 2019, @06:26PM (#812083)

    "Hi, I'm Bill."
    "No, you're Jane."
    "No, I'm Bill. You should call me Bill."
    "Stop putting words in my mouth! I'll call you whatever I want!"
    "OK, I'll call you whatever I want too, you total jerk! Goodbye."
    "Waaaa, why was she so mean to me?"

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    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday March 10 2019, @11:43AM (1 child)

      by Bot (3902) on Sunday March 10 2019, @11:43AM (#812273) Journal

      - Hi this is an apple.
      - No it's a pear.
      - No, as you can see I removed all pear shaped parts and i want it to be an apple so you should call it apple.
      - No it's a pear shaped like an apple and you offend me if you don't submit to the idea that being pear or apple is not intrinsic.
      - Well, fuck you.

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      • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday March 11 2019, @12:57PM

        by Thexalon (636) on Monday March 11 2019, @12:57PM (#812650)

        The difference, which should be blindingly obvious, is that pears and apples aren't people.

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