{"id":113656,"date":"2019-03-08T23:11:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T23:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/08\/chelsea-manning-back-in-jail-after-refusing-to-testify-on-wikileaks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:24:56","slug":"chelsea-manning-back-in-jail-after-refusing-to-testify-on-wikileaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2019\/03\/08\/chelsea-manning-back-in-jail-after-refusing-to-testify-on-wikileaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Manning back in jail after refusing to testify on WikiLeaks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/28\/chelsea-manning-loses-maryland-democratic-primary-in-a-landslide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea Manning<\/a> is back behind bars after the former Army intelligence analyst refused to 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publicly that the leaks by Ms. Manning put the lives of U.S. soldiers at risk,\u201d Morell wrote. \u201cI have an obligation to my conscience \u2014 and I believe to the country \u2014 to stand up against any efforts to justify leaks of sensitive national security information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 31-year-old Manning announced a bid for the U.S. Senate back in January 2018, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/28\/chelsea-manning-loses-maryland-democratic-primary-in-a-landslide\/\" target=\"_blank\">lost in a landslide<\/a> to Ben Cardin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her most successful district was Prince George\u2019s County, where she took 6,453 votes \u2014 to Cardin\u2019s 99,725.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manning was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2017\/09\/25\/canada-recognizes-chelsea-manning-as-a-traitor-wont-let-her-into-the-country\/\">banned 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