doi:10.7916/31fn-1w42Oral history interview with Chelsea E. Manning, 2022Manning, Chelsea, 1987-oral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesVeteransWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009Prisoners--Health services accessibility--United StatesGender transition--United StatesWhistle blowers--Government policy--United StatesLeaks (Disclosure of information)--United StatesManning, Chelsea, 1987-Obama, BarackWikiLeaks (Organization)United StatesEspionage Act of 1917Chelsea Manning, who became a whistleblower while serving as a U.S. Army intelligence analyst, reflects on her upbringing, military service, and 2013 conviction by court-martial of violations of the Espionage Act and related laws. She describes the vibrant community of young technologists of which she was a part around the time of President Obama's 2008 election, and shares memories of her service in Iraq, arrest in May 2010, and extended detention in Kuwait. Manning focuses on the domestication of the methods and practices of the global war on terror, and discusses how her treatment illustrates the United States's drift toward authoritarian governance. Manning also recounts the lack of adequate psychological support for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, her efforts to access gender-affirming hormone therapy and surgery during the period of her incarceration, the experience applying for and receiving Obama's commutation of her sentence in 2017, and the continuity in military and intelligence policies between the Bush and Obama administrations