I was in a privileged position, to be quite frank, to have access to all of this information. And I took it for granted, and I didn't question it. And then, at some point, I realized that I couldn't just sit on this information.
— Chelsea Manning Contemporary

Military whistleblower

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Interview with The Guardian

Date / Period

2011

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Controversial

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/06/bradley-manning-wikileaks-intervie…

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