Chelsea Manning joins Twitter from Leavenworth – UPI.com

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan., April 3 (UPI) -- Chelsea Manning, the former soldier convicted of giving classified military documents to Wikileaks, joined Twitter on Friday.

Manning mostly used the social media platform to thank her supporters and explain how she's able to tweet from prison. She is currently serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for violating the Espionage Act.

"I'm hoping to stay connected w/ this account as much as poss., but would rather tweet about more meaningful things than not #lessismore," she wrote in her second tweet.

Manning said she has to dictate what she wants to tweet over the phone to another party who is managing the Twitter account for her. Fitzgibbon Media is handling the account.

"It will be hard, but I don't want this Twitter feed to be a one-way street/conversation," Manning wrote.

"Starting with a shout out to the friends who have always stood by me @ggreenwald @amnesty @carwinb @savemanning and so many others #thankyou," she continued.

"That's all the tweets I have for today! Thank you all for your love and support. I hope you will continue to follow me in the future."

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