In 2010, while working in iraq, army intelligence analyst chelsea manning provided hundreds of thousands of military and diplomatic records about the wars in iraq and afghanistan to wikileaks in. Chelsea manning has been released from prison after serving seven years for leaking 750,000 classified documents to wikileaks Included in the leaks were military and diplomatic dispatches, as. I have come to believe that far more separates us than unites us. The leak of reikjavik13 barely registered with the public, but it was the first of what turned out to be nearly 750,000 sensitive documents sent to wikileaks by chelsea manning. First the first time since her release from prison, chelsea manning, a former u.s
Army soldier responsible for a massive leak of classified material, talks about why she did it Army intelligence analyst who provided the web site wikileaks with a trove of classified documents in what was believed to be the largest unauthorized release of state secrets in u.s She was sentenced to 35 years in prison but had the bulk of her sentence commuted. Chelsea manning on why she leaked classified intel I have a responsibility to the public she just gave her first interview since being released from military prison. The us soldier jailed for leaking thousands of classified documents to wikileaks came from a military background, but became frustrated with her career.
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