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Chelsea Manning Set To Be Released From Prison, 28 Years Early (nbcnews.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the give-one-freedom dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning is set to walk out of prison Wednesday -- but she won't be entirely free. Manning's 35-year sentence for leaking an enormous trove of military intelligence records was commuted by President Barack Obama in January. But Manning is still appealing her conviction in a case that could take years, and the government has yet to respond to the appeal. And all the while, Private First Class Manning, 29, will remain an active duty soldier in the U.S. Army. She won't be paid a salary, and it's highly unlikely that she will be called to serve. But being placed on voluntary excess leave rather than discharged, says one of her attorneys, makes her vulnerable to new military punishment or charges if she steps out of line. Such an offense could be anything from getting into a fistfight to revealing previously unreleased classified information. Manning could even get into trouble with the military for speaking and writing. The Army private then known as Bradley Manning was just 22-year-old when she leaked nearly 750,000 military files and cables to WikiLeaks. Manning was court-martialed and sentenced in 2013 to 35 years in prison, with opportunity for parole after seven years served. n a statement given to the TODAY show the day after sentencing, Manning came out as a transgender woman. Last Tuesday, in Manning's first official statement about her plans after prison, she said, "I can see a future for myself as Chelsea."

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  1. Transgender by 110010001000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    As a transgender woman who lives in Silicon Valley and earns $55k in IT support, I wish her well.

    1. Re:Transgender by dskoll · · Score: 1, Troll

      Lots, because the nerds are angry that trans women get to look at boobies any time they want. Just drives them crazy.

  2. Re: Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What right thing. A treason?

  3. Re:Hopefully... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Agreed. It is so sad to see people mutilate their bodies... worse yet are the enablers that act like it's okay and normal.

  4. When leaking national secrets was cool by mi · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ah, only a few yars years ago leaking national secrets was cool. How do Snowden, Manning, and Obama remain heroes of the same people, who wish to impeach Trump for allegedly doing it?

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    1. Re:When leaking national secrets was cool by Opportunist · · Score: 0, Troll

      Maybe because he did it for the wrong reasons?

      Then again, it's nice to see a president I can relate to. A loudmouth, bigot, braggard... at first I thought he's just another rich, spoiled brat, but now I know, he's a rich, spoiled brat, all right, but still kinda one of us.

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    2. Re:When leaking national secrets was cool by AlanObject · · Score: 1, Troll

      Obama: Working with the security community to develop a mid-east strategy.

      Snowden: Whistleblower exposing highly illegal activities of secret government agencies at great cost to himself. Very methodical in his process of leaking to minimize any collateral damage.

      Manning: Whistleblower exposing highly activities of military and other government agencies at great cost to herself. Can be criticized for the indiscriminate nature of the leaks but had much different conditions than Snowden.

      Trump: Just bragging to stoke his own ego. Endangers allied intelligence source for absolutely no other benefit unless he is actually in collusion of a rival power (which I personally doubt). Total disregard for his duties of office or of any responsibilities of those reporting to him.

      I really wonder what kind of mentality someone has to have in order to not to be able to see the difference.

  5. Prisons are dangerous by DontBeAMoran · · Score: -1, Troll

    Manning was court-martialed and sentenced in 2013 to 35 years in prison [...] Manning came out as a transgender woman.

    See kids? Prisons are dangerous! Inmates don't just fuck you in the ass anymore, they learn to be doctors to be able to change your gender so they can fuck you in the vagina too!

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  6. That's ok... by argStyopa · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...treason's not such a big deal, as long as it's committed against Republican administrations.

    Sharing a Democratic candidate's emails with wikileaks however?
    That will get you two bullets in the back of the head.

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    1. Re:That's ok... by argStyopa · · Score: -1, Troll

      Sure, /. that's a "troll"?

      Pls point out anything factually incorrect?

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  7. Mental issue by p51d007 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thinking getting a chop-a-dic-off-of-me, or an add-a-dic-to-me can change your gender is about as smart as thinking you can change lead into gold. It's a MENTAL disorder. Unless you figure a way to change your DNA from XX=female, to XY=Male just because you may or may not have a penis doesn't mean you can change it to the other. The rare case of XXY would be about the only exception. Until the late 70's, the DSM book considered gender disorder as such, a psychological disorder. But, with the age of political correctness, whatever these snowflakes want, they get.