WikiLeaks – Times Topics – The New York Times

Apr. 24, 2014

Soldier convicted as Pfc Bradley Manning of leaking documents to WikiLeaks wins victory toward living as a woman when Kansas judge grants petition for a change of name to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning. MORE

Maj Gen Jeffrey S Buchanan denies clemency for Chelsea Manning and upholds the former soldier's 35-year prison sentence for providing secret files to WikiLeaks. MORE

Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, already a documentary subject, is now the focus of Bill Condon feature film The Fifth Estate; Assange burst into public consciousness in 2010 with WikiLeaks' release of Apache helicopter attack video, revealing millions of secrets and unlocking rarefied kind of fame. MORE

Op-Ed article by Australian journalist Julia Baird describes how WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's bid for a seat in the Australian Senate was undone by accusations that he acted like other politicians. MORE

Swedish police open investigation after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urges them to find out what happened to suitcase he thinks was stolen from him by intelligence agents as he traveled from Sweden to Germany in 2010. MORE

News organizations are divided in their handling of request that they now refer to Pfc Bradley Manning as a woman. MORE

Pfc Bradley Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking vast archives of government files to WikiLeaks, says that he is female and asks to receive hormone therapy while in prison, setting up a potential conflict over a treatment the Army says it does not provide to its inmates. MORE

Pfc Bradley Manning is sentenced to 35 years in prison for providing more than 700,000 government files to WikiLeaks; sentence is longest ever handed down in case involving leak of United States government information for purpose of having information reported to public; leak lifted veil on American and military diplomatic activities worldwide; Manning will be eligible for parole in about seven years. MORE

Editorial contends Pfc Bradley Manning's 35-year sentence is too severe, given his stated desire not to betray his country but to shed light on realities of American war effort; notes prosecutors are attempting to discourage other leakers with sentence, but holds even threat of a severe prison sentence will not deter those who believe the government is too secretive. MORE

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