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Her statement (from twitter [1]) reads in part > Yesterday, I appeared before a secret grand jury after being given immunity for my testimony. So it's not str
by andrewla 8y ago
Her statement (from twitter [1]) reads in part
> Yesterday, I appeared before a secret grand jury after being given immunity for my testimony.
So it's not strictly the media, Manning has used the language herself. In another tweet [2] she says
> I will not comply with this, or any other grand jury ... I will not participate in a secret process that I morally object to, particularly one that has been historically used to entrap and persecute activists for protected political speech.
The secrecy might not be the central pivot given this statement -- rather perhaps her objection is to the prosecution against Wikileaks that the grand jury is considering.
[1] https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/1103713700391907329 https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/1103713700391907329
[2] https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/1104094170950578177 https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/1104094170950578177
- dragonwriter 8y agoYes, but in Manning's case it's clearly political, to call attention to routine grand jury secrecy and why she intends to defy any grand jury.