What to Know About Chelsea Manning Ahead of the Whistleblowers Release From Prison

[NCTraveler]

Chelsea Manning, an ex-Army soldier convicted of leaking a trove of secret U.S. documents, is set to be released from prison on May 17, about four months after former President Obama drastically shortened her sentence just before he left office.

The former intelligence analyst was convicted of espionage after admitting to illegally sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks. She received a 35-year prison sentence in 2013 and came out as a transgender woman shortly afterward.

Manning has been counting down the days until her freedom after serving more than a half-dozen years behind bars, where she has twice attempted suicide. “For the first time, I can see a future for myself as Chelsea," she wrote in a statement ahead of her release. "I can imagine surviving and living as the person who I am and can finally be in the outside world."

Here’s what you need to know about the whistleblower’s saga:

http://time.com/4768943/chelsea-manning-release-prison/

[Voltaire2]

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She's not an "ex-soldier" yet.

ETA: Use that GI Bill while you can Manning.