Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Released from Prison
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 05/17/2017 12:03 PM
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Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been released from prison after serving 7 years of a 35 year sentence.
Formerly known as Bradley Manning, her sentence was commuted by President Obama as he left the office. Manning, who was an intelligence analyst, released diplomatic and military documents to WikiLeaks in 2010.
"For the first time, I can see a future for myself as Chelsea," said Manning, a transgender woman held in a male prison, in a statement released via her legal team. "Now, freedom is something that I will again experience with friends and loved ones after nearly seven years of bars and cement, of periods of solitary confinement, and of my health care and autonomy restricted, including through routinely forced haircuts."
Manning had been confined for nearly three years before a court found him guilty of wrongful possession and transmission of national defense information, theft of government information, unauthorized access to a government computer and wrongful publication of U.S. intelligence information.
WikiLeaks Assange hailed Manning's release as an "epic victory."
Source: CNet
Formerly known as Bradley Manning, her sentence was commuted by President Obama as he left the office. Manning, who was an intelligence analyst, released diplomatic and military documents to WikiLeaks in 2010."For the first time, I can see a future for myself as Chelsea," said Manning, a transgender woman held in a male prison, in a statement released via her legal team. "Now, freedom is something that I will again experience with friends and loved ones after nearly seven years of bars and cement, of periods of solitary confinement, and of my health care and autonomy restricted, including through routinely forced haircuts."
Manning had been confined for nearly three years before a court found him guilty of wrongful possession and transmission of national defense information, theft of government information, unauthorized access to a government computer and wrongful publication of U.S. intelligence information.
WikiLeaks Assange hailed Manning's release as an "epic victory."
Source: CNet
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