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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChelsea Manning Recovering After Trying to Take Her Own Life in Jail, Lawyers Say
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chelsea-manning-recovering-after-trying-to-take-her-own-life-in-jail-lawyers-say
Betsy Swan
Political Reporter
Spencer Ackerman
Senior Natl Security Correspondent
Updated Mar. 11, 2020 7:17PM ET /
Published Mar. 11, 2020 7:15PM ET
Chelsea Manning tried to take her life on March 11, her legal team told The Daily Beast. She was taken to a hospital and is currently recovering, said the statement from her legal team, which is helmed by Moira Meltzer-Cohen. Manning is still set to appear in court for a hearing on Friday, where a federal judge will rule on a motion to terminate civil contempt sanctions against her.
In spite of those sanctionswhich have so far included over a year of so-called coercive incarceration and nearly half a million dollars in threatened finesshe remains unwavering in her refusal to participate in a secret grand jury process that she sees as highly susceptible to abuse, the statement said.
Manning has been jailed for contempt for months after refusing to cooperate with the federal prosecution of WikiLeaks.
Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst and Iraq veteran, admitted that she provided WikiLeaks in 2010 with hundreds of thousands of classified military documents detailing civilian deaths caused by U.S. and allied forces, as well as an extensive trove of diplomatic cables that plunged the U.S. into a geopolitical crisis. She said she grew disgusted with the Iraq and Afghanistan wars after prolonged exposure to their brutality.
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Betsy Swan
Political Reporter
Spencer Ackerman
Senior Natl Security Correspondent
Updated Mar. 11, 2020 7:17PM ET /
Published Mar. 11, 2020 7:15PM ET
Chelsea Manning tried to take her life on March 11, her legal team told The Daily Beast. She was taken to a hospital and is currently recovering, said the statement from her legal team, which is helmed by Moira Meltzer-Cohen. Manning is still set to appear in court for a hearing on Friday, where a federal judge will rule on a motion to terminate civil contempt sanctions against her.
In spite of those sanctionswhich have so far included over a year of so-called coercive incarceration and nearly half a million dollars in threatened finesshe remains unwavering in her refusal to participate in a secret grand jury process that she sees as highly susceptible to abuse, the statement said.
Manning has been jailed for contempt for months after refusing to cooperate with the federal prosecution of WikiLeaks.
Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst and Iraq veteran, admitted that she provided WikiLeaks in 2010 with hundreds of thousands of classified military documents detailing civilian deaths caused by U.S. and allied forces, as well as an extensive trove of diplomatic cables that plunged the U.S. into a geopolitical crisis. She said she grew disgusted with the Iraq and Afghanistan wars after prolonged exposure to their brutality.
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Chelsea Manning Recovering After Trying to Take Her Own Life in Jail, Lawyers Say (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
OP
She got a chance and was commuted. Has she been convicted since then or is she being ...
marble falls
Mar 2020
#2
She's not being charged, she's being coerced.. Four years is enough. Cut her loose.
marble falls
Mar 2020
#7
Have you noticed: the Feds aren't making any press about the Julian Assange extradition fight.
marble falls
Mar 2020
#3
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)1. I hope she will be ok.😔
marble falls
(57,077 posts)2. She got a chance and was commuted. Has she been convicted since then or is she being ...
held in contempt?
comradebillyboy
(10,143 posts)4. She's in contempt if I recall correctly.
marble falls
(57,077 posts)5. Too fucking long. Cut her lose, leave her alone.
comradebillyboy
(10,143 posts)6. Why? Is she above the law?
marble falls
(57,077 posts)7. She's not being charged, she's being coerced.. Four years is enough. Cut her loose.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)9. Let her get herself out...
What does she benefit from protecting that piece of shit? I *thought* Manning was supposed to be this monolith of openness, transparency and exposing wrongdoing... Now she's covering up for it...
marble falls
(57,077 posts)3. Have you noticed: the Feds aren't making any press about the Julian Assange extradition fight.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)8. damn if she were only a criminal...
she'd get a pass.
marble falls
(57,077 posts)10. Chelsea Manning has been released from jail!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chelsea-manning-released-from-jail_n_5e6aa9b4c5b6747ef119ae7c
U.S. NEWS 03/12/2020 05:37 pm ET
Chelsea Manning Released From Jail
The former Army intelligence analyst had served two months in custody after refusing to testify before a grand jury in March 2019.
By Jahan Jones
Former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was released from jail Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia.
Manning had been served roughly two months in custody after refusing to testify before another grand jury in March 2019 about her connections to WikiLeaks.
Mannings legal team had previously announced that Manning attempted to take her own life the day before her release.
Before former President Barack Obama commuted her sentence, Manning served seven years of a 35-year sentence after being convicted of leaking thousands of diplomatic cables and confidential military files to WikiLeaks.
U.S. NEWS 03/12/2020 05:37 pm ET
Chelsea Manning Released From Jail
The former Army intelligence analyst had served two months in custody after refusing to testify before a grand jury in March 2019.
By Jahan Jones
Former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was released from jail Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia.
Manning had been served roughly two months in custody after refusing to testify before another grand jury in March 2019 about her connections to WikiLeaks.
Mannings legal team had previously announced that Manning attempted to take her own life the day before her release.
Before former President Barack Obama commuted her sentence, Manning served seven years of a 35-year sentence after being convicted of leaking thousands of diplomatic cables and confidential military files to WikiLeaks.