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'''Bradley Edward Manning''' (or '''Chelsea Elizabeth Manning''', according to his wishes.<ref name="townhall.com">https://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2013/08/23/bradley-mannings-new-crusade-n1671409</ref>) is a United States Army soldier who was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted in a [[court-martial]] for releasing vast amounts of classified documents to [[WikiLeaks]]. Manning is being held at the Marine Corps Brig, Quantico, [[Virginia]], charged with "transferring classified data" and "delivering national defense information to an unauthorised source", and "aiding the enemy".<ref name="FoxNews">[http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/11/29/who-pfc-bradley-manning#ixzz19diL6EX5]</ref> Manning is a homosexual, and there is speculation that his homosexuality motivated him to leak classified information.<ref name="FoxNews" /> In August 2013 Manning announced he wanted to live as a "woman".<ref name="townhall.com"/>

'''Chelsea Elizabeth Manning''' (''formerly'' '''Bradley Edward Manning'''<ref name="townhall.com">https://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2013/08/23/bradley-mannings-new-crusade-n1671409</ref>) is a United States Army soldier, a Whistleblower and Activist who was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted in a [[court-martial]] for leaking vast amounts of classified documents to [[WikiLeaks]]. Manning is being held at the Marine Corps Brig, Quantico, [[Virginia]], charged with "transferring classified data" and "delivering national defense information to an unauthorised source", and "aiding the enemy".<ref name="FoxNews">[http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/11/29/who-pfc-bradley-manning#ixzz19diL6EX5]</ref>  

In August 2013, Manning announced that she identifies as Transgender Woman.<ref name="townhall.com"/>

The Australian hacker and founder of the controversial website [[WikiLeaks]], [[Julian Assange]], considers him an unparalleled hero.  

The Australian hacker, journalist and founder of the controversial website [[WikiLeaks]], [[Julian Assange]], considers her an unparalleled hero.  

== Data Leak ==

== Data Leak ==

Manning was assigned to a unit based near [[Baghdad]], Iraq. He had access to databases used by the United States government to store classified information. He was arrested after Adrian Lamo, a computer hacker, and journalist, informed the FBI that Manning had confided during online IRC chats that he had downloaded material from the confidential databases and passed it to WikiLeaks. The material [[leak]]ed included videos of American airstrikes and hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables. It was the largest set of restricted documents ever leaked to the public. Much of it was published subsequently by [[WikiLeaks]] or its media partners between April and November 2010.

Manning was assigned to a unit based near [[Baghdad]], Iraq. She had access to databases used by the United States government to store classified information. She was arrested after Adrian Lamo, a computer hacker, and journalist, informed the FBI that Manning had confided during online IRC chats that she had downloaded material from the confidential databases and had passed on it to WikiLeaks. The material [[leak]]ed included videos of American airstrikes and hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables. It was the largest set of restricted documents ever leaked to the public. Much of it was published subsequently by [[WikiLeaks]] or its media partners between April and November 2010.

==Release==

==Release==

Despite being sentenced to 35 years in prison, Manning was released after seven years after President [[Barack Obama]] granted him clemency in his last days in office. It was decided that he would remain on active duty in the military.<ref>Suhr, Jim (May 17, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/17/pvt-chelsea-manning-set-for-release-after-7-years-/ Pvt. Chelsea Manning released after 7 years in military prison]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/17/chelsea-manning-freed-from-kansas-military-prison.html Chelsea Manning freed from Kansas military prison]. ''Fox News''. May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.</ref>

Despite being sentenced to 35 years in prison, Manning was released after seven years after President [[Barack Obama]] granted her clemency in his last days in office. It was decided that she would remain on active duty in the military.<ref>Suhr, Jim (May 17, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/17/pvt-chelsea-manning-set-for-release-after-7-years-/ Pvt. Chelsea Manning released after 7 years in military prison]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/17/chelsea-manning-freed-from-kansas-military-prison.html Chelsea Manning freed from Kansas military prison]. ''Fox News''. May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==

[[Category:Computers]]

[[Category:Computers]]

[[Category:Criminals]]

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[[Category:Liberals]]

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