Amy Goodman
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As Chelsea Manning Speaks Out on Trans and Prison Issues, Authorities Threaten Her with Solitary
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6:34Now PlayingImprisoned Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning is scheduled to go before a closeddoor disciplinary hearing today at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where she is serving a 35year sentence for leaking U.S. government cables to WikiLeaks. Manning’s lawyers say she could be sent back to indefinite solitary confinement after being accused of a number of infractions including having an expired tube of toothpaste, an issue of Vanity Fair in which transgender celebrity Caitlyn Jenner describes her new life living openly as a woman, a copy of the U.S. Senate report on torture, several LGBT books and magazines and other "prohibited property" in her cell. Supporters of Manning are planning to deliver a petition today to the Army Liaison Office on Capitol Hill signed by more than 75,000 people calling on the U.S. military to drop the new charges and demand that her disciplinary hearing be open to the press and the public. We speak to Chase Strangio, staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union and a member of Manning’s legal team.
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