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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: 2) by hemocyanin on Thursday May 18 2017, @06:10AM
The war was a travesty based on lies. However, one of the war crimes committed was quoted in my original post, it involved:
The publicity surrounding that event was important and w/o Chelsea Manning's help, more such atrocities would have been enabled under an Obama extension of hostilities. Considering that nobody involved in that incident was publicly punished, and Iraq was prohibited from doing anything about because of SOFA, it should be glaringly obvious the importance of publicizing the event.