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Soldier convicted in WikiLeaks case gets new name
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-mull-chelsea-manning-change-request-23434524 ^
| 23 Apr 2014
| JOHN MILBURN
Posted on 04/23/2014 5:24:44 PM PDT by shove_it
An Army private convicted of providing classified documents to WikiLeaks won an initial victory Wednesday toward living as a woman when a Kansas judge granted a petition to change her name to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning.
The decision clears the way for official changes to Manning's military records, but does not compel the military to treat the soldier previously known as Bradley Edward Manning as a woman.
That includes not being moved from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, where Manning is serving a 35-year prison sentence, to a prison with a women's unit, or receiving the counseling and hormone treatment she seeks.
Manning wasn't present at the hearing before Leavenworth County District Judge David King, which lasted just about a minute, but issued a statement after the ruling calling it "an exciting day."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: military
And Chelsea Elizabeth is going to have an exciting time at Ft. Leavenworth.
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posted on
04/23/2014 5:24:44 PM PDT
by
shove_it
To: shove_it
Here's Chelsea ...
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posted on
04/23/2014 5:26:56 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
To: shove_it
“DNA don’t lie, you’re still a guy!”
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posted on
04/23/2014 5:29:34 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: shove_it
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posted on
04/23/2014 5:31:18 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Wow, they must be twins.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
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posted on
04/23/2014 5:34:22 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
To: shove_it
gonna give it permission to change it's chromosomes too???
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posted on
04/23/2014 5:40:17 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: shove_it
Um, actually, I think he is better looking than Chelsea Clinton...lol
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posted on
04/23/2014 5:52:45 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(What cannot be programmed cannot be physics)
To: shove_it
When I was in the Army, “Cheesecake” photos were a big deal. Now they’re going for “Fruitcake” photos. Weird. Times change I guess. We’re all Kenyans now.
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posted on
04/23/2014 5:56:54 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/23/2014 6:29:12 PM PDT
by
peteyd
(A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
To: JoeProBono
Somebody get her some Visine.
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posted on
04/23/2014 6:48:24 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: shove_it
The name of that POS should be mud.
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posted on
04/23/2014 7:17:13 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: shove_it
When are they going to kill this traitor?
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