I think its pretty clear that she refused to testify out of principle. None of the war criminals exposed by Manning's leaks have been charged or tried for their crimes. The government's refusal to charge the war crimes, which are central to the entire case, completely undermine any pretense of "justice". As usual, the government is using its infinite power to punish those who exposed wrongdoing, while completely ignoring the actually wrongdoing that was exposed. I find it quite admirable that Manning refuses to be used as a tool to further this charade of injustice, at great personal expense. Being held in "contempt of court" is no vice when the court, and the prosecutors, have done everything possible to earn that contempt.
For those unfamiliar with the still unprosecuted war crimes exposed by Manning (and published by Assange):
"US had planned to topple the Syrian government long before 2011, the year that the brutal conflict broke out in the country."
"In his new book, Assange points to a cable pertaining to US Ambassador William Roebuck, who served as the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus between 2004-2007, about plans for overthrowing the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the time."
The book based on the Wiklieaks files (Assange wrote an introduction):
Might have saved millions of people from suffering. BTW, presstv is Iranian regime's news source, ally of Assad's regime, and the party (Iran) murdering civilians in Syria the last few years. So I wouldn't expect anything objective from them.
Other media avoided to cover the book or what’s in the wikileaks material. I’ve tried to find and failed.
The book was not published by the writers of the article. They just wrote that the book exists and what is revealed.
I would also like a link to NYT or WaPo but they avoided to cover the book (and even more to analyse the materials leaked). At least you can still buy the book. The material itself is still reachable on the wikileaks site.
Interesting. You're right NYT only mentioned the book in passing in one article. And I can't really find many references in any media I recognize, either.
The court ordered that Manning be jailed, which is entirely under its purview. The court could have dressed down the government prosecutors for being the jackboot thugs that they are and admonished them for not prosecuting the war criminals.
For those unfamiliar with the still unprosecuted war crimes exposed by Manning (and published by Assange):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0