Private First Class Bradley Manning stole 251,000 State Department documents, many of them secret international embassy reports. Manning smuggled the security documents out on a CD labeled “Lady Gaga.” Manning was bitter after a breakup with his boyfriend. Â
Manning, smuggled the information out of a secure facility on a CD.  Never before had a superpower lost control of such vast amounts of sensitive information.
In April 2014 a Kansas judge allowed Manning to change his name to “Chelsea.”
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning poses for a picture in a wig and lipstick. (AP)
Obama commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence in January from 35 years to 7 years.
In May Chelsea Manning was released from prison and became a free person.
On Wednesday President Trump announced transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the United States military.
Chelsea Manning responded to the president’s decision on Twitter.
She wants the military disbanded.
today is further reason we should dismantle the bloated and dangerous military/intel/police state to fund #healthcare for all #WeGotThis
— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) July 26, 2017
She calls the military a social experiment.
militaries, esp. U.S., have always been a social experiment just as much as a fighting force its how it got so bloated #WeGotThis https://t.co/HtNa54AeSP
— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) July 26, 2017
And Clelsea wants to defund the F-35.
so, biggest baddest most $$ military on earth cries about a few trans people but funds the F-35? Â sounds like cowardice #WeGotThis
— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) July 26, 2017
It’s not likely that Chelsea is helping out her cause much here.