Chelsea Manning has been freed from the Fort Leavenworth military prison, according to a US Army spokesperson:
In January she tweeted that she wanted to move to Maryland after being released, a state where she previously lived. On Monday she tweeted: "Two more days until the freedom of civilian life ^_^ Now hunting for private #healthcare like millions of Americans =P".
Manning will remain on active army duty while her military court conviction remains under appeal. She will have healthcare benefits but will be unpaid, the army says. An online campaign set up by her attorney has raised $150,000 (£115,725) to pay for her living expenses for the first year after her release. If the appeal is denied, she could be dishonourably discharged from the army, US media say.
The mentioned Chelsea Manning Welcome Home Fund. Also at NPR, NYT, and CNN.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:36AM (3 children)
That's nice. It really doesn't matter. It's a traitor.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:42AM
In case you haven't figured this out yet, the axis of legal/illegal is not the same as good/evil...and the closer to orthogonal they get, the more things like this will happen. Did she do something illegal? Hell yes. Was it morally right? As far as I'm concerned, also hell yes.
Legal and moral are not the same thing.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @06:47AM (1 child)
He is objectively not a traitor by the very definition of traitor in the US constitution:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @07:40AM
or in adhering to their Enemies
Does this include whole "domestic as well as foreign" thing?