Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been held in detention in Alexandria, VA for the last two months on "contempt" charges for refusing to testify against WikiLeaks. On Monday, her legal team issued a new legal argument seekingrelease. 

The argument is seen in an 8-page legal filing, which at its core is that she is never going to testify against WikiLeaks, and that subsequently there is no legal basis for keeping her and demanding she do so anymore. 

This appears to be accurate, based on federal law. The law only requires open-ended contempt detentions, like the one Manning is in, if there is reason to believe that there is a chance the detention will  eventually coerce the detainee into testifying. Thus, if Manning will never testify, there is no legal basis to keep her.