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Manning told Lamo in May 2010 that she had developed a working relationship with Assange, communicating directly with him using an encrypted Internet conferencing service, but knew little about him. Even so, what remains is a compelling, taut account of what she has experienced, and a persuasive justification of how she behaved. She was sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment, escaping life without parole only because the judge rejected the government’s most serious accusation – that Manning had given information to the enemy.

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Everything about Manning on that afternoon of 8 February 2010 – her name, her gender, her anonymity, her freedom – is provisional and shortly to change. In November, she was named 2017 Newsmaker of the Year by Out, which noted her "whistle-in-the-wind tenacity that belies the trauma she's had to contend with". An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers, activists and trans women. Manning wanted to apprise the American public of several things: how badly the Iraq war was going; and that the secrecy around it was designed to save face, not a security measure to protect the national interest.

Manning was charged with 22 offenses, including aiding the enemy, which was the most serious charge and could have resulted in a death sentence. On August 12, 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Manning's civilian attorney David Coombs said Manning was not receiving treatment for her gender identity condition as previously approved by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. This was a huge moment for Manning in terms of both her mental health and her belief in systems of government.

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In 2011, Manning and WikiLeaks were credited in part, [254] [255] along with news reporters and political analysts, [256] as catalysts for the Arab Spring that began in December 2010, when waves of protesters rose up against rulers across the Middle East and North Africa, after the leaked cables exposed government corruption. V and Greece's anonymous Novartis whistleblowers the third annual European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) prize for Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information. Manning said the guards had begun issuing conflicting commands, such as "turn left, don't turn left," and upbraiding her for responding to commands with "yes" instead of " aye".

In an age of digital communication, it is likely that today’s politicians and military leaders “lose” far more information than is ever logged in our national archives for future study. A few hours later she had an altercation with a female intelligence analyst, Specialist Jihrleah Showman, during which she punched Showman in the face. On May 20, 2010, Manning contacted Adrian Lamo, a former " grey hat" hacker convicted in 2004 of having accessed The New York Times computer network two years earlier without permission. Officials at the facility said that administrative segregation was used for safety reasons and that prisoners still had access to recreation and social visits during that time. S. District Judge Anthony Trenga of the Eastern District of Virginia found that the business of the grand jury had concluded.