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....
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Can he be executed?
Let him go!!
He stays in prison & keeps his tally whacker!
Who gives a f_ck?
Cut his testicles off?
Then execute him. At least he would die happy.
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!
A cigarette and a blind fold?
Two in the hat. Enf of problem ...
Shoot his testicles off.
Trump takes cybersecurity seriously...we’re not going to see much of wikileaks again
“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.
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.
Yup.
Right alongside Bergdahl.
(and preemptive pardons for about 500 people in Obamas administration)
Stupid irrelevant question from a stupid irrelevant segment of the printed tabloid universe.
Who gives a rat's patootie?
Seriously...
He wants to be a woman, so let him be someone’s prison bitch.
I fully expect an Obama pardon, and it will be due to Manning’s being gay and nothing more.
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