There is far more to transitioning in the public eye than money, public relations, and logistics.
Chelsea ManningThere are very few distinctions between el bueno and el malo en la prisiรณn militar. Instead of the good and the bad, there is the boring and la repeticiรณn - the repetitive. The routine is as endless as it is numbing.
Chelsea ManningI think the increased ubiquity of the internet and networked computing in general allowed me to have some tether no matter where I was geographically. I could log in to a computer from anywhere in the world and access the same information and the same people. It allowed me to transcend the physical differences.
Chelsea ManningDisturbingly, the First Amendment, along with the Fourth Amendment - protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures, and requiring warrants - have been the major casualties of the shift in government policy in the last two decades. Unfortunately, I think that the biggest consequences of this tragedy won't be clear until it is far, far too late.
Chelsea Manning