Let's not forget whistleblower Chelsea Manning

A previous post compared US concern for protecting the Trump Ukraine whistleblower with the lust for revenge against Iraq war and illegal surveillance whistlebloweres Julian Assange and Ed Snowden. But while both Assange nor Snowden are still out of Uncle Sam's clutches, Iraq war whistleblower Chelsea Manning is, imprisoned since March 8, 2019, for refusing to testify to the Grand Jury in the US effort to extradite Assange from his UK prison. The UN Special Rapportuer On Torture, Nils Melzer, sent a letter the US government in November expressing concerns that Manning's continued detention, including stints in solitary, amounts to torture. This relates to Manning's original 9 month detention in the Quantico Virginia Marine Brig in 2010 that included extended solitary, isolation and forced nudity, ended only after an outpouring of international outrage. To Uncle Sam, anyone who seriously challenges US criminality, whether in senseless war or massive illegal government surveillance, gets no whistleblower protection. Join the many thousands calling for Chelsea Manning's release at  https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-free-chelsea-manning-now