Washington - Chelsea Manning, a former
US Army intelligence analyst and source for online publisher
WikiLeaks, could be jailed again if she refuses to comply with a
new grand jury subpoena, said a US law enforcement source, as
well as Manning herself.
After 62 days in prison, Manning was released last Thursday.
She had been locked up for refusing to comply with a grand jury
subpoena for testimony in an investigation into WikiLeaks by
US prosecutors in Alexandria, Virginia.
Federal prosecutors are believed to be focused on WikiLeaks
and its founder Julian Assange, who is serving 50 weeks in a
London prison for jumping bail when he took refuge in the
Ecuadorean embassy in 2012.
The first grand jury expired and Manning was immediately
summoned to appear before a new grand jury on May 16.
A law enforcement source said on Monday that if Manning
refuses to testify, prosecutors will likely request that she be
jailed again for contempt.
On Friday, Manning appeared in a YouTube video declaring
that she will continue to refuse to cooperate. "When I arrive at
the court house this coming Thursday, what happened last time
will occur again. I will not cooperate with this or any other
grand jury," Manning said.
A lawyer for Manning did not immediately respond to a
request for comment.
Manning was convicted by court martial in 2013 of espionage
for furnishing more than 700,000 documents and other materials
to WikiLeaks while she was an intelligence analyst in Iraq.
Former President Barack Obama, in his final days in office,
commuted the final 28 years of Manning’s 35-year sentence.
Assange, after nearly seven years taking refuge in the
Ecuadorean embassy, on April 11 was arrested by British police.
The United States is seeking his extradition to face charges of
conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. Assange plans to fight
the US extradition request.
On Monday, the Assange case was complicated by Sweden
reopening an investigation into a rape allegation against him
and Sweden will seek to extradite him from Britain.
WikiLeaks published a classified US military video showing
a 2007 attack by Apache helicopters in Baghdad that killed a
dozen people, including two Reuters news staff.
The US government said Assange tried to help Manning gain
access to a government computer. It is not clear if the alleged
collaboration between Manning and Assange led to a successful
intrusion into any US government computer.