Chelsea Manning
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Chelsea Elizabeth Manning (born Bradley Edward Manning, December 17, 1987) is an American activist and whistleblower.
She is a former United States Army soldier who was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, after disclosing to WikiLeaks nearly 750,000 classified, or unclassified but sensitive, military and diplomatic documents.
She was imprisoned from 2010 until 2017 when her sentence was commuted. A trans woman, Manning stated in 2013 that she had a female gender identity since childhood and wanted to be known as Chelsea Manning. She also expressed a desire to begin hormone replacement therapy.
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See also
- Information security
- Information sensitivity
- LGBT people in prison
- List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States
- McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950
- Reception of WikiLeaks
- The Source (oratorio)
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