> Its 100% acceptable to jail someone who refuses to testify in a criminal case, especially if they have information about that criminal case. There is no crim

> Its 100% acceptable to jail someone who refuses to testify in a criminal case, especially if they have information about that criminal case. There is no criminal case. A prosecutor doesn't have to even bring charges to convene a Grand Jury. It's entirely possible that in 2 years, this entire Grand Jury (which will have kept Manning jailed the whole time) will conclude with "Welp, guess there's no basis for bringing charges against anybody. This whole thing was unfounded. Everyone go home." And the prosecutor will say "Oh well, at least I got to use the power of the courts to compel testimony from practically any witness about practically anything. We'll just use all that info for our next investigation."