May 16 Chelsea Manning to stay on active duty when released from prison tomorrow By Robert Burns, Associated Press The Army says that when transgender soldier Chelsea Manning is released from military prison on Wednesday she will remain on active duty in a special status, pending her final appellate review. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Video: Obama defends decision to commute Manning's sentence By Julie Pace and Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama firmly defended his decision to cut nearly three decades off convicted leaker Chelsea Manning's prison term Wednesday, arguing in his final White House news conference that the former Army intelligence analyst had served a "tough… Continue reading
Jan 18 More clemency coming after Obama shortens Manning's sentence By Josh Lederman and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Embracing his clemency powers like never before, President Barack Obama is planning more commutations in his final days in office after a dramatic move to cut short convicted leaker Chelsea Manning's sentence. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 9:16 News Wrap: Obama commutes prison sentence for Chelsea Manning By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who is serving 35 years for passing classified files to WikiLeaks. Also, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the Obama administration… Continue watching
Jan 17 Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence. She will be freed in May By Joshua Barajas, Corinne Segal Amid President Barack Obama’s last-minute batch of pardons and commutations was Chelsea Manning, who was serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified government records to WikiLeaks. Continue reading
Jan 05 Why Obama's last-minute pardons probably won't include Manning, Bergdahl or Snowden By Josh Lederman and Eric Tucker, Associated Press President Barack Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks, but don't expect many famous offenders to make the list. Continue reading
Sep 14 Chelsea Manning will receive gender affirmation surgery, Army says By Corinne Segal The U.S. Army has told Chelsea Manning she will be permitted to receive gender affirmation surgery, ending a hunger strike that she began last week. Continue reading
Feb 13 Hormone treatment approved for Chelsea Manning By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hormone treatment for gender reassignment has been approved for Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence analyst convicted of espionage for sending classified documents to the WikiLeaks website. Continue reading
Feb 10 Chelsea Manning to join The Guardian as an opinion writer By Corinne Segal Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief at The Guardian U.S., announced today that Chelsea Manning will join the publication as a contributing opinion writer. Continue reading
Jul 18 Chelsea Manning to begin gender treatments in military custody By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — National security leaker Chelsea Manning can get initial treatment for a gender-identity condition from the military after the Bureau of Prisons rejected the Army’s request to accept her transfer from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to a civilian facility. Continue reading