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http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/04/23/soldier-convicted-in-wikileaks-case-gets-new-name.html?ESRC=airforce.nl
Associated Press | Apr 23, 2014 | by John Milburn
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A Kansas judge granted a request Wednesday to formally change the name of the soldier convicted of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks from Bradley Edward Manning to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning.
The former intelligence analyst is serving a 35-year prison sentence for passing classified U.S. government information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. Manning is serving the sentence at the Army prison on Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
Leavenworth County District Judge David King said he'd allow the name change during a court hearing that lasted about a minute. Manning didn't attend the hearing but issued a statement saying it was "an exciting day."
We have opened Pandora's Box!!!
Associated Press | Apr 23, 2014 | by John Milburn
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A Kansas judge granted a request Wednesday to formally change the name of the soldier convicted of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks from Bradley Edward Manning to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning.
The former intelligence analyst is serving a 35-year prison sentence for passing classified U.S. government information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. Manning is serving the sentence at the Army prison on Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
Leavenworth County District Judge David King said he'd allow the name change during a court hearing that lasted about a minute. Manning didn't attend the hearing but issued a statement saying it was "an exciting day."
We have opened Pandora's Box!!!
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The sad part is that whatever emotional distress caused what he did as a man, he still betrayed his country. He betrayed us as who he was, regardless of gender.
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Don't be surprised if there is a loophole somewhere that says that, since he is now Chelsea Elizabeth Manning and not Bradley Edward Manning, he gets to go free; they have the wrong person.
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Doesn't surprise me. He's not national headlines, he's been convicted and his last name isn't Snowden. Triple trifecta no one cares what happens to kid now, he's yesterday's news
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TSgt Scott C. Brammer
I don't think he should be anything now (man or woman). After his trial he should have been executed!
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SFC (Join to see)
He is yesterday's news and who cares if he/she is a man or woman. That's his personal choice just like he choosed to leak classified information.
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