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What Will Happen to Chelsea Manning Under President Trump?
The New Republic ^ | November 30, 2016 | Megan Carpentier

Posted on 11/30/2016 6:44:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking diplomatic and military documents to WikiLeaks, has had a tough run: She’s already served more time behind bars than any other whistleblower in history; she was held in solitary confinement for 11 months before her trial, which she likened to torture; and it took Army officials nearly 18 months after she sought treatment for gender dysphoria to approve her for hormone treatments, but she is still required to conform to male military dress standards.

The military’s decision in September 2016 to allow her to receive gender confirmation surgery, as part of its broader policy change that allowed transgender service-members to serve openly and receive coverage of their medical care, was a bright spot in a year for Manning that included two suicide attempts and, as punishment, another stint in solitary confinement.

That bright spot, however, may be dimming as a result of the election of Donald Trump. The president-elect pledged in October to review the military’s new policy on transgender service-members, calling it a dangerous act of political correctness. The man he nominated to be his national security advisor, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, alluded to the policy during his speech at the Republican National Convention in July, suggesting that it was distracting the troops from their mission.

With the transition team openly determining what executive orders and departmental guidances they can rescind in the first 100 days and beyond, there’s every likelihood that the incoming administration is considering revising President Barack Obama’s military transgender policy—which would deny Manning the opportunity to have the surgery she desires....

(Excerpt) Read more at newrepublic.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: army; homosexualagenda; leavenworth; manning; transgenders; trump; wikileaks
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Yeah, I stay awake at night worrying about that.
1 posted on 11/30/2016 6:44:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can he be executed?


2 posted on 11/30/2016 6:45:27 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let him go!!


3 posted on 11/30/2016 6:45:28 PM PST by WENDLE (Sanctuary cities are OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE!! That is a FELONY!! Ask Nixon!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sew it back on??


4 posted on 11/30/2016 6:46:55 PM PST by LIConFem ( III)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He stays in prison & keeps his tally whacker!


5 posted on 11/30/2016 6:47:15 PM PST by Reily
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who gives a f_ck?


6 posted on 11/30/2016 6:47:18 PM PST by datura
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cut his testicles off?

Then execute him. At least he would die happy.


7 posted on 11/30/2016 6:48:32 PM PST by PAR35
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Release it into downtown Philly on a Friday night. Run the gauntlet, ‘soldier.’

I’d like to know who recruited this nut-case in the first place. Make THEM run the gauntlet, too.

Our Tax Dollars At Work.

Yeesh!


8 posted on 11/30/2016 6:49:21 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A cigarette and a blind fold?


9 posted on 11/30/2016 6:50:58 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Two in the hat. Enf of problem ...


10 posted on 11/30/2016 6:52:23 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (FU Schmuckie Shoomer)
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To: PAR35

Shoot his testicles off.


11 posted on 11/30/2016 6:52:58 PM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump takes cybersecurity seriously...we’re not going to see much of wikileaks again


12 posted on 11/30/2016 6:55:07 PM PST by ari-freedom (The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
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To: castlegreyskull

“Shoot his testicles off.”

Always be gracious in victory. Give it a Business Class one way ticket to Tehran; the towelheads can arrange their own welcoming party.


13 posted on 11/30/2016 6:56:09 PM PST by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Brad will get one of the thousands of pardons issued on the morning of 1/20.
14 posted on 11/30/2016 6:58:09 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: PAR35
we have the technology...

15 posted on 11/30/2016 6:59:12 PM PST by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have a feeling Donald will let Manning out, based on time served. He will also promote the idea of Snowden coming home for some small negotiated penalty, and for Assange to leave Ecaudor. Assange may soon wish he had stayed within the safety of that embassy. There are more than a few dems who have a bone to pick with the face of Wiki-Leaks.


16 posted on 11/30/2016 7:00:20 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yup.

Right alongside Bergdahl.

(and preemptive pardons for about 500 people in Obamas administration)


17 posted on 11/30/2016 7:00:21 PM PST by digger48
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What Will Happen to Chelsea Manning Under President Trump?

Stupid irrelevant question from a stupid irrelevant segment of the printed tabloid universe.

Who gives a rat's patootie?
Seriously...

18 posted on 11/30/2016 7:01:50 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: BenLurkin

He wants to be a woman, so let him be someone’s prison bitch.


19 posted on 11/30/2016 7:08:40 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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I fully expect an Obama pardon, and it will be due to Manning’s being gay and nothing more.


20 posted on 11/30/2016 7:13:18 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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