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.
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 2017 Chelsea Manning was released from prison and became a free person.
On Friday a Harvard dean revoked the invitation to Chelsea Manning to be a visiting fellow at the prestigious university.
The school called the invitation a mistake.
Chelsea Manning’s fellow invitation from Harvard is revoked after outrage from lawmakers and current and former CIA Directors pic.twitter.com/HtB0uz41Wj
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