README.txt: A Memoir

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The intelligence analyst’s leak of this gunsight footage triggered her arrest, court martial and, in 2013, 35-year jail sentence.

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Items of historic significance of two wars Iraq and Afghanistan Significant Activity, Sigacts, between 0001 January 2004 and 2359 31 December 2009 extracts from CSV documents from the Department of Defense and CDNE database. Her boss told The Washington Post that on a few occasions Manning had "just locked up" and would simply sit and stare, and in the end, communication became too difficult. The defense also raised questions about whether Manning's confusion over her gender identity affected her behavior and decision making. In October 2020, Manning shared with the German nonprofit investigative journalism organization CORRECT! Manning had a boyfriend, took several low-paid jobs, and spent a semester studying history and English at Montgomery College but left after failing an exam.

On April 30 she posted on Facebook that she was utterly lost, and over the next few days wrote that she was "not a piece of equipment", and was "beyond frustrated" and "livid" after being "lectured by ex-boyfriend despite months of relationship ambiguity". She introduced herself as an Army intelligence analyst, and within 17 minutes, without waiting for a reply, alluded to the leaks.

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Gender dysphoria’s not on the radar any more; it’s been treated, or some would go so far as to say ‘cured’.She was required to remain visible at all times, including at night, which entailed no access to sheets, no pillow except one built into her mattress, and a blanket designed not to be shredded. In August 2008, Manning was sent to Fort Drum in Jefferson County, New York, where she joined the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and trained for deployment to Iraq.

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Chelsea Manning is an American transparency activist, politician and former US Army intelligence analyst. But once there she was targeted by drill sergeants for her “slight, childish” appearance and subjected to homophobic insults. Many of the leaked documents showed US officials disparaging ostensibly friendly nations, though the leaks were never shown to have endangered anyone nor undermine US relations with any country.Reading for over an hour from a 35-page statement, she said she had leaked the cables "to show the true cost of war". On December 10, 2016, a White House petition to commute her sentence reached the minimum 100,000 signatures required for an official response. She had disclosed in a chatroom to an online friend, the late hacker Adrian Lamo, that she had leaked not just the Collateral Murder video but also hundreds of thousands of sensitive US government documents to WikiLeaks. At her trial, lawyers convinced Manning to issue a mea culpa: “I look back at my decisions and wonder how on earth could I … believe I could change the world for better over the decisions of those with the proper authority? I’ve never quite understood why Manning enlisted or why the army saw fit to put a potentially high-risk person with a burgeoning hacker sensibility on the front line of, if not battle, then the intelligence war.

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An ex-boyfriend helped her find her way around the city's gay community, introducing her to lobbyists, activists, and White House aides. Manning learned how to use PowerPoint, won the grand prize three years in a row at the local science fair, and in sixth grade, took top prize at a statewide quiz bowl.The government asked for 60 years as a deterrent to others, while Manning's lawyer asked for no more than 25 years. Although she said she dealt with Assange directly, Manning also said Assange had adopted a deliberate policy of knowing very little about her, telling Manning: "lie to me. It's not something I seek out for attention, and I've been trying very, very hard to get rid of it by placing myself in situations where it would be impossible. I know that community is possible, because I’ve seen it, and I’ve seen it in the worst places that you can possibly imagine. The fact that Chelsea Manning was so young when she uploaded the incident reports and significant activity logs to WikiLeaks isn’t irrelevant; risk assessment at that age isn’t what it is a decade later.