As Iraq erupts in civil war and America again contemplates intervention, that unfinished business should give new urgency to the question of how the United States military controlled the media coverage of its long involvement there and in Afghanistan.

I really don't care how I am perceived by people on the outside.

While being tossed around the world from place to place as a teenager, I wasn't really tethered to any place or anyone.

As a young kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the world around me.

I think the embryonic digital world had the same affect on me as the openness of the old American frontier.

I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible.

I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States. It was never my intent to hurt anyone. When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others.