Manning Doesn't Want to be a Man Anymore. Meet Chelsea.
The US soldier who was sentenced as Bradley Manning on Wednesday plans to undergo hormone therapy and has asked to be recognised as a woman. Read on..
By Sadho Ram — 31 Jul 2013, 03:09 AM — Updated over 11 years ago
Bradley Manning says he will live as a woman and seek hormone therapy in prison
Bradley Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years for leaking classified military and diplomatic materials to WikiLeaks, announced plans to live as a woman while confined in the military prison at Ft. Leavenworth.
An undated photo provided by the United States Army shows Private Manning wearing a wig and lipstick.
Image via nytimes.comManning announced the decision in a written statement provided to NBC, asking supporters to refer to him by his new name and the feminine pronoun. The statement was signed " Chelsea E Manning."
The Army issued a statement saying that Manning will receive counseling from mental health professionals at the all-male prison but that the Army does not “provide hormone therapy or sex-reassignment surgery for gender identity disorder.”
In April 2010, Manning sent an email to a sergeant saying, “This is my problem. I have had signs of it for a very long time,” and attached a personal photograph wearing dark lipstick and a blond wig. Manning was arrested in May 2010 and ultimately convicted of espionage, fraud and theft.
Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison for WikiLeaks disclosures
Bradley Manning has been sentenced to TK years in prison, as the judge ruled on Wednesday. - Mashable
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Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday for handing WikiLeaks a massive cache of sensitive government documents detailing the inner workings of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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He is responsible for the largest leak of classified information in U.S. history.
npr.orgManning, 25, was not allowed to make a statement when his sentence was handed down by military judge Col. Denise Lind.
Manning, 25, was convicted last month of multiple charges, including violations of the Espionage Act for copying and disseminating the documents while serving as an intelligence analyst at a forward operating base in Iraq. He faced up to 90 years in prison.
Breadley Manning: "I'm sorry that it hurt the United States"
US Army private Bradley Manning yesterday apologised for leaking secret intelligence files to WikiLeaks and admitted for the first time that he had harmed his country and others.
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“I’m sorry that my actions have hurt people and have hurt the United States,” he told a military judge, Colonel Denise Lind, at a sentencing hearing at Fort Meade, northeast of Washington.
“I want to go forward,” he said. “I understand I must pay the price.” Manning faces up to 90 years in prison for his offences, which also include computer fraud and breaching military discipline.
Yesterday’s dramatic court statement marked the first time Manning had publicly expressed regret over the leaks, the biggest intelligence breach in US history, which led to his arrest in 2010.
Bradley Manning: Guilty of espionage in Wikileaks case
Bradley Manning, the US Army private who leaked thousands of classified documents, is found guilty of espionage.
The judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, deliberated for about 16 hours over three days before reaching her decision in a case that drew worldwide attention as supporters hailed Manning as a whistleblower.
U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning is escorted by military police as arrives to hear the verdict in his military trial.
Image via wsj.netThe US government called him an anarchist computer hacker and attention-seeking traitor.
Not guilty of ‘aiding the enemy’
Judge Denise Lind announced her verdict in the case of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the young solider under prosecution for his alleged leaking of classified documents to the Wikileaks organization: not guilty of ‘aiding the enemy.’
Manning, 25, was charged with 22 counts in connection with the leaking of classified US military and state department documents to the WikiLeaks website.
hindustantimes.comHe still gets a maximum sentence of 136 years
The judge convicted him of multiple counts of violating the Espionage Act, stealing government property and other charges that could result in a maximum sentence of 136 years.
nytimes.comOther charges that he was found guilty on relate to “wrongful and wanton publication of intelligence,” acts punishable under the Espionage and Computer Fraud and Abuse Acts, and stealing U.S. government property.
Manning was arrested on arrest in May 2010, for leaking over 700,000 documents he had accessed while serving as an intelligence officer with the US army in Iraq.
hindustantimes.comWho is Bradley Manning?
Bradley Edward Manning (born December 17, 1987) is a United States Army soldier who was arrested in May 2010 in Iraq on suspicion of having passed classified material to the website WikiLeaks.
Assigned to an army unit based near Baghdad, Manning had access to databases used by the United States government to transmit classified information.
Starting in July 2010 Manning was held at the Marine Corps Brig, Quantico, Virginia, under Prevention of Injury status, which entailed de facto solitary confinement and other restrictions that caused international concern.
Reaction to his arrest was mixed - several commentators focused on why an apparently very unhappy Army private had access to classified material, and why security measures did not prevent his unauthorized downloading.