Chelsea (Bradley) Manning

Chelsea (Bradley) Manning has been senteced to 35 years in prison for being a source to Wikileaks, a charge Manning plead guilty to and admitted. Manning was motivated by conscience---seeing war crimes being committed and after trying to get the Washington Post and other papers to report the story, Manning went to Wikileaks---publishing the Collateral Murder video, Iraq and Afghan war logs, and  State Department Diplomatic Cables.

The information helped start the Arab Spring, and showed the world the true story of the US government.  The information that the government kept secret from the American people hid the true cost of the wars, and Manning and Wikileaks showed the American people and the world the truth about what the government was doing in our name.  The release of the information caused no harm, and even the government admitted this during the 3 month trial---which  was also kept from the public!!! (except for a few DEDICATED journalists and the Freedom of the Press Foundation link here)


Learn more about Manning and Wikileaks PDF here

What Wikileaks revealed PDF here

Manning was held in pretrial confinement for over 3 years, in conditions defined as torture by the UN, and was given 112 days credit during sentencing by Judge Colonel Lind---but that is not enough.

Major General Jeffery Buchanan has the power to reduce Manning's sentence and YOU can help by writing a letter for leniency.




PLEASE take a minute to write a letter.  Write a letter for Chelsea Manning



The basics of the letter    Sample Letter PDF


Your Name (can be Anonymous)

To
Major General Jeffrey S. Buchanan
Commanding General, US Army Military District of Washington

 Today's Date

Dear Major General Buchanan

I write to urge you to use your authority as the Convening Authority in the case of US v. Bradley E. Manning to reduce Private Manning’s 35 year sentence to time served, and upgrade his “Dishonorable Discharge.”

 Pvt. Manning has been punished enough for violating military regulations in the course of being true to his conscience.  I urge you to use your authority as Convening Authority to reduce Pvt. Manning’s sentence to time served.

He was denied a speedy trial in violation of Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 10


Prosecutors changed the Charge Sheet to match the evidence presented, even after the prosecution and defense rested their cases.

Subjected to illegal pretrial confinement of approximately 9 months at Quantico Marine Base, Virginia, in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 13, facts confirmed by both the United Nation’s lead investigator on torture and military judge Col. Lind, as evidenced by the 112 days credit Col. Lind gave Manning in his sentence.



You can sign the letter using Adobe PDF and can reate a PDF online here