Defense

Manning to take gender issue to court

The Army private formerly known as Bradley Manning, now known as Chelsea, has written a letter to her lawyer saying she'll go to court if necessary to get treat...

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November 1, 2013 8:59 am

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The Army private formerly known as Bradley Manning, now known as Chelsea, has written a letter to her lawyer saying she’ll go to court if necessary to get treatment for gender identity disorder. Manning is serving a 35-year sentence for sending more than 700,000 secret military and State Department documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq.