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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Chelsea Manning prison suicide attempt is confirmed
2016-07-12
[BBC] US Army convicted spy whistleblower Bradley Chelsea Manning tried to kill herself in prison last week, her lawyers have confirmed. Ms Manning, who is transgender, is serving a 35-year sentence at an all-male military facility.

Her lawyers accused the US military of violating her privacy by revealing that she had been admitted to hospital. The army had not disclosed the reason for the hospital admission but it was linked to a suicide attempt in media reports.
Mr. Manning doesn't have any privacy: he's in a military prison.
Ms Manning's legal team said in a statement: "Last week, Chelsea made a decision to end her life.

"She would have preferred to keep her private medical information private, and instead focus on her recovery. "She knows that people have questions about how she is doing and she wants everyone to know that she remains under close observation by the prison and expects to remain on this status for the next several weeks."

A tweet was sent from Ms Manning's account on Monday, reading: "I am okay. I'm glad to be alive.

"Thank you for all your love. I will get through this."
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  She? Bradley is one of the camp followers in the scene where Ephialtes meets Xerxes.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-07-12 20:21  

#9  Most likely a wardrobe malfunction; give her a bra with a clasp in front.
Posted by: Airandee   2016-07-12 19:53  

#8  tw, that may be true, but in Bradley's case, it only due to the fact that the government is persecuting him for wanting to be a woman. /sarcasm
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2016-07-12 14:58  

#7  The suicide attempt is not surprising, as that is a distinct problem for those with gender disphoria, a problem not alleviated in the long term even when surgery and hormone treatments are done. This is why Johns Hopkins Medical School, pioneers of sex change surgery, stopped doing them in the 1970s.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-07-12 14:47  

#6  Give it a cheese grater and tell it to go to town.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2016-07-12 13:44  

#5  So Bradley tried to kill himself, and is now happy to be alive.

Dude is crazy.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-07-12 13:11  

#4  One messed up individual. But I don't believe I need the latest tweets.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2016-07-12 12:10  

#3  Confirmed, OK.
Tell me of success.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-07-12 10:43  

#2  Try again, harder.
Posted by: One Eyed Fleatle6138   2016-07-12 09:17  

#1  A tweet was sent from Ms Manning's account on Monday, reading: "I am okay. I'm glad to be alive.
"Thank you for all your love. I will get through this."

These people are permitted to have machines ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-07-12 08:06  

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