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Chelsea Manning To Remain In Jail For Refusing To Testify About WikiLeaks

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A judge has upheld the decision that Manning will be held on contempt of court charges until she testifies. A federal appeals court judge has…
A judge has upheld the decision that Manning will be held on contempt of court charges until she testifies.
A federal appeals court judge has rejected former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning’s request to be released from jail following her incarceration for contempt of court last month. Manny had previously served seven years in prison for leaking intelligence documents.
Manning, who has been jailed since March 8, argued that her rights were being violated by a grand jury subpoena issued by federal prosecutors to entrap her, says CNN. The former intelligence analyst was subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury weeks before WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was taken into custody and dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Prosecutors refused to clarify why they still need Manning to testify, but they are insistent that she still needs to appear in front of the grand jury to answer their questions.

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