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Chelsea Manning Says She Exposed the Reality of Modern Warfare

The former US military intelligence analyst sat down with Emma Barnett to discuss her decision to hand over thousands of files to WikiLeaks, and what life in prison was like.

Emma Barnett meets Chelsea Manning
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Former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning says her now-famous leaks of US secrets revealed the messy and complicated reality of 21st century warfare, showing both the bad and the good acts of American forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Manning sat down with Emma Barnett to discuss how her decision to hand over thousands of documents to WikiLeaks came about, her experience in solitary confinement and the difference she feels she’s made.