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By Niles Niemuth: Whistleblower and political prisoner Bradley [aka Chelsea] Manning has now been confined to a federal detention center in Alexandria, Virginia for more than four months and is being subjected to punitive fines which could ruin him financially.
Chelsea Manning
Manning is not being punished for any crime, nor has he been charged with a crime. Rather, he is being held in contempt of court for refusing—on principle and courageously—to testify before a star chamber grand jury impaneled to railroad journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange into a US prison, or worse.
Daily fines placed on Manning by Federal District Judge Anthony Trenga for refusing to testify doubled from $500 to $1,000 on Tuesday, with the total now standing at $18,000. The unprecedented financial penalties against Manning threaten him with personal bankruptcy and have already resulted in her losing his apartment in June.
By Niles Niemuth: Whistleblower and political prisoner Bradley [aka Chelsea] Manning has now been confined to a federal detention center in Alexandria, Virginia for more than four months and is being subjected to punitive fines which could ruin him financially.
Chelsea Manning
Manning is not being punished for any crime, nor has he been charged with a crime. Rather, he is being held in contempt of court for refusing—on principle and courageously—to testify before a star chamber grand jury impaneled to railroad journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange into a US prison, or worse.
Daily fines placed on Manning by Federal District Judge Anthony Trenga for refusing to testify doubled from $500 to $1,000 on Tuesday, with the total now standing at $18,000. The unprecedented financial penalties against Manning threaten him with personal bankruptcy and have already resulted in her losing his apartment in June.