Chelsea Manning Thread

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BREAKING: Chelsea Manning has been remanded into federal custody for her refusal to provide testimony to an EDVA Grand Jury. Judge Hilton stated, "until she purges or the end of the life of the grand jury." More soon.
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Statement from Chelsea Manning Regarding Grand Jury

on Mar 07, 2019
Alexandria, VA — On Wednesday March 6, 2019 Chelsea Manning appeared before a Federal Grand Jury in the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) and refused to answer questions from prosecutors regarding the release of information she disclosed to the public in 2010. Chelsea invoked her 1st, 4th, and 6th Amendment protections to provide just cause for her refusal. On Friday March 8, 2019 Chelsea will return to the court for a hearing wherein Judge Hilton will consider the legal grounds for her refusal. The following is a statement from Chelsea Manning regarding the Grand Jury and the possible consequences associated with her refusal:

“On Friday, I will return to federal court in Alexandria, Virginia for a closed contempt hearing. A judge will consider the legal grounds for my refusal to answer questions in front of a grand jury. The court may find me in contempt, and order me to jail.

“Yesterday, I appeared before a secret grand jury after being given immunity for my testimony. All of the substantive questions pertained to my disclosures of information to the public in 2010—answers I provided in extensive testimony, during my court-martial in 2013. I responded to each question with the following statement: ‘I object to the question and refuse to answer on the grounds that the question is in violation of my First, Fourth, and Sixth Amendment, and other statutory rights.’

“In solidarity with many activists facing the odds, I will stand by my principles. I will exhaust every legal remedy available. My legal team continues to challenge the secrecy of these proceedings, and I am prepared to face the consequences of my refusal.”


Chelsea Manning is represented by Moira Meltzer-Cohen, appellate attorney Vincent Ward, and local counsel Chris Leibig and Sandra Freeman.

All are encouraged to support Chelsea any way they can. To learn more about Chelsea Resists or to donate to Chelsea’s legal defense visit: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/c ... y-subpoena

Questions regarding Chelsea Manning’s support committee should be directed to ChelseaResists@protonmail.com
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Worthwhile thread on distinguishing Manning from Assange.

Kit O'Connell
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At the time she leaked to WikiLeaks, WikiLeaks seemed like an outstanding resource, a neutral repository of vital documents that were being exposed to the world. Whatever you might think of their agenda or lack of one now, we didn't know that then.
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Alexa O'Brien
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The entire record of trial exhibits, including URLS linking to each exhibit itself for at all phases of trial is available here https://alexaobrien.com/manning/official-docket-manning … (here is an easier loading Google spread https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... -E/pubhtml … )



There are also multiple CHAT LOGS entered into evidence in the Manning court-martial. Some are known publicly, OTHERS ARE NOT PUBLIC.
1.) Alleged Adrian Lamo-PFC Manning Chat Log (Appellate Exhibit 62, Attachment A)
2.) CLASSIFIED Combined Chat Logs (class) (AW 339, Encl. 75)


3.) Select chat logs between the accused and Julian Assange (AE 467, Encl. 6)
4.) Antolak_Manning Chats (Defense Exhibit R)
5.) http://Wired.com chat logs (Manning_Lamo) (Prosecution Exhibit 30)


6.) Chat Log between pressassociation@jabber.ccc.de and dawgnetwork@jabber.ccc.de (Prosecution Exhibit 38)
7.) Chats Recovered from PFC Manning’s Personal Mac between Press Association and Dawgnetwork (PE 123)


8.) Excerpted Chat Log and Partial SAM File Hash Value for FTPUSER Password Access from .22 (PE 130)
9.) Chats found in unallocated space between Clark and Accused (PE 208)


Number 2 & 5 is classified as SECRET https://alexaobrien.com/manning/official-docket-manning …

(Even though the Wired ones are in the public realm, still marked classified...etc.)

https://twitter.com/alexadobrien/status ... 9304903680

Alexa O'Brien
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There were three statements/colloquies at the court-martial that involved Chelsea Manning directly. (I know because I transcribed them).
1) 11/29/12 & 11/30/12 (Pretrial) Article 13. The prosec did not cross exam her on charges, b/c hearing pertained to pre-trial confinement.
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I mean, they tried, but the defense objected. Here is the entire 8 hours of testimony. https://alexaobrien.com/archives/1586 (Also released to the public officially by U.S. Army if you do a Google search).

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2.) The Full Providence Inquiry 2/28/2013. This is where her well-known statement was given, but there are hours of back and forth between the judge and the accused about each of the charges.


The prosecution asked the judge to fill out things related to charges because she was pleading to 10 lesser included-- but was not a cross-exam examination. https://alexaobrien.com/archives/981


3.) The unsworn statement where she apologized for hurting the reputation of the U.S. Army (It was unsworn, which is key) and in the sentencing phase. https://alexaobrien.com/archives/1133
https://twitter.com/alexadobrien/status ... 8153326592

[RocketMan]

Kiriakou for Manning:

[seemslikeadream]

I agree with AOC

AOC calls for Chelsea Manning’s release: “Solitary confinement is torture”


AOC calls for Chelsea Manning’s release: “Solitary confinement is torture”

By Rex Santus Apr 2, 2019

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling for the release of whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who's been in solitary confinement for 26 days after refusing to testify before a grand jury, according to her supporters.

On Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez said Manning’s current imprisonment was “torture” and that the former Army intelligence analyst should be released on bail. Ocasio-Cortez also asserted that the U.S. should ban extended solitary confinement.

Ocasio-Cortez is perhaps the most prominent American official to come forward in Manning’s defense since she was jailed last month. Manning refused to comply with a grand jury subpoena regarding WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, whom the U.S. had secretly charged with an unknown offense last year.


Manning’s support committee says she’s been held in “administrative segregation” since March 8. She’s expected to remain there for the duration of the grand jury, despite her legal team’s repeated attempts to persuade a judge to release her.

“Chelsea can’t be out of her cell while any other prisoners are out, so she cannot talk to other people, or visit the law library, and has no access to books or reading material. She has not been outside for 16 days. She is permitted to make phone calls and move about outside her cell between 1 and 3 a.m.,” Manning’s support committee said in a statement March 23.

The sheriff of the Alexandria, Virginia, facility where Manning is being held has denied that she’s in solitary.

The grand jury subpoenaed Manning in early March, but she said she would not comply with its questioning because she had already answered everything she knew about her leaks to WikiLeaks at a 2013 court martial. But prosecutors say they have reason to believe Manning’s 2013 testimony may have been inaccurate.

Manning and her lawyers say that the whistleblower has been the target of unlawful surveillance since her release in 2017.

"I will not comply with this, or any other grand jury,” Manning said in a written statement in early March. "Imprisoning me for my refusal to answer questions only subjects me to additional punishment for my repeatedly stated ethical objections to the grand jury system."

As one of his final acts as president, Barack Obama commuted Manning’s 35-year sentence after she had served just seven years. Manning was convicted on numerous espionage charges after she leaked a cache of military documents to WikiLeaks, including a video that showed a 2007 U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed dozens, in 2010. The attack also killed two Reuters journalists.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43z ... is-torture

[alloneword]

Released... for now.

[RocketMan]

The silence around this, especially silence of critical voices outside activist circles has been deafening.

Obama was just what the doctor ordered for the imperial managers after Dubya. Seems like the patient continues to be well and truly tranquilized.