Manning The Soldier Who Leaked on His/Her Country |
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| Author:
| Kurtz, Alan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4928-3017-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $11.90 |
Book Description:
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On July 30, 2013, U.S. Army soldier Bradley E. Manning was convicted of violating the Espionage Act, stealing government property, and miscellaneous offenses, all related to unlawfully passing 734,885 official documents to WikiLeaks. He was sentenced to reduction in rank to the lowest grade, forfeiture of pay and allowances, confinement for 35 years and a dishonorable discharge. The morning after sentencing, Manning's lawyer appeared on NBC's
Today show to convey his client's...
More DescriptionOn July 30, 2013, U.S. Army soldier Bradley E. Manning was convicted of violating the Espionage Act, stealing government property, and miscellaneous offenses, all related to unlawfully passing 734,885 official documents to WikiLeaks. He was sentenced to reduction in rank to the lowest grade, forfeiture of pay and allowances, confinement for 35 years and a dishonorable discharge. The morning after sentencing, Manning's lawyer appeared on NBC's
Today show to convey his client's gender-morphing message, "I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female."
This is the first book to thoroughly examine Manning's 12-week trial, and the first to retrace the step-by-step revelations of the soldier's conflicted gender identity, from the earliest media reports, continuing through the court-martial's pretrial and trial phases, and culminating with the sensationalistic self-outing on network TV. It's also the first book to challenge Manning's mythical martyrdom.
Though neither biography nor formal history, this work is meant to withstand academic scrutiny. The author's research included all 515 pretrial and 209 trial documents available at the Army's Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room; all 7,197 pages of unofficial trial transcripts published by Freedom of the Press Foundation; and selected pretrial legal filings, court rulings and partial transcripts from the online database maintained by independent journalist Alexa O'Brien.
The author further relied on contemporaneous reports by reputable news organizations, as well as colorful postings at Twitter and Facebook. Factual material is meticulously documented by citations to published sources, each accompanied by a URL for Internet verification. Hyperlinked notes are fully functional in the Kindle edition and are also available free online at http://manningtrial.blogspot.com/