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Imprisoned Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning is scheduled to go before a closed-door disciplinary hearing today at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where she is serving a 35-year 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 demanding 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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AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to the latest on imprisoned Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Chelsea Manning is scheduled to go before a closed-door disciplinary hearing today at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where she’s serving a 35-year 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 have 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 so-called prohibited property in her cell.Chelsea Manning has been denied the right to be represented by an attorney at the hearing. In her most recent tweet, Chelsea wrote, quote, "Prison staff are now denying me access to the law library at scheduled times—with only two days until my board," unquote. 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[ing] her disciplinary hearing be open to the press and public.
Well, we’re joined right now in New York by one of Chelsea Manning’s attorneys. Chase Strangio is a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union. Last year, the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of Manning to force the military to provide her medical treatment for her gender dysphoria and be provided hormones therapy and permission to follow female grooming standards.
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