A judge has ordered Chelsea Manning, the noted Army Intelligence Specialist who leaked tens of thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks, back to prison after she refused to testify in a hearing.
Judge Claude Hilton handed down the sentence after a brief hearing in which Manning said she would not testify, and had already revealed all she knows about Wikileaks during her court-martial. She also said that she will accept whatever sentence the court imposes.
Lawyers for Manning begged Judge Hilton to sentence her to house arrest, as the medical needs for her transitioning require special attention. Hilton denied the request, leaving Manning’s care in the hands of US marshals. Manning will remain in jail until the conclusion of a grand jury investigating Wikileaks.
“In solidarity with many activists facing the odds, I will stand by my principles,”she said before the hearing. “I will exhaust every legal remedy available.”
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Chelsea Manning, nee Bradley Manning, served as an Army Specialist in Iraq until her arrest in 2010. In 2013, a military court sentenced her to 35 years in prison for leaking classified information. President Barack Obama commuted her sentence just before he left office after she served seven years of her penalty.
Though it originally positioned itself as a transparency activist group, Wikileaks, the international intelligence group run by Julian Assange, has come under fire for hostile attacks on governments and individuals.
Founder Julian Assange faces criminal charges in the United States, as well as rape charges in Sweden. The organization is also accused of abetting Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign in stealing and publishing emails from Hillary Clinton in order to sway the outcome of the election.
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mr guy
Let’s hope this violent misogynist is kept separate from the women
Jared MacBride
Good. He should stay in prison for the rest of his life. (Editors: It’s Sweden, not “Sweeden”)
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Smcubag pathetic traitor put thousands of brave Gay soldiers in harm’s way and gave the right wing nut bags “reason” to deny our rights . .
PanzerRider
Good. This piece of human waste deserves to spend the rest of it’s sad pathetic life rotting in a cell. I was in Iraq when Bradley released the documents. The thought that this POS put my soldiers in danger still enrages me and that some in the gay community hail him as a hero is almost as bad.
iamru2
Good he’s a traitor and a self serving but case sorry she’s!
Polaro
She’s not right in the head. Why is it so many trans women are not right in the head? I know it isn’t all of them, but, seriously, most of the trans people I know are nuts. Chelsea is nuts. Caitlyn Jenner is a traffic accident. The one’s I know in real life are pretty horrible people, with only one exception. I’m not so sure about all this trans science.
DemExit
Obama jailed more whistle-blowers than all presidents combined. Now the fake Russian Collusion probe costs Chelsea Manning her freedom again. Clinton’s election fraud cover-up & plots to assassinate wikileaks reporters had destroyed any pretence America had a free news media or free speech. I support Julian Assange & will never support Dermocrat election fraud cheats again
stuffedpuppy
I think some of the “tough&gay” army boys are suffering from vagina envy. Oh, don’t bitch, Manning is only ¾ there…
I support Manning 100% and hope Julian Assange’s ass is shipped to the US asap where he can be judged, hopefully, for the rest of his life behind bars! If anyone is a traitor it is he.
If you think Trans women are not right in the head the I don’t suggest you go to a Leather Bar or gay BDSM outfit…THERE are certainly no nutcases to be seen 😉