PHOTO: Chelsea Manning poses in a scarlet swimsuit for Vogue

Chelsea Manning poses in a scarlet swimsuit for Vogue. (Daily Mail) – Newly-released Manning poses in a scarlet swimsuit for Vogue as she reveals how fashion magazines kept her going in prison and shares her plans to start dating. Chelsea Manning took part in a lengthy interview with Vogue writer Nathan Heller. In it she describes her time in Fort Leveanworth prison where she attempted suicide twice. Now 29, she is living in New York City as a woman after transitioning from male. She told Vogue of her plans to write a memoir and said she was considering public office. There was no mention of Donald Trump who called her an ‘ungrateful traitor’ after she was released by Obama in one of his final acts as president. Manning was jailed in 2010 for giving 750,000 classified US government files to WikiLeaks. She stood by the breach in her interview, saying there still were no safe channels for whistle blowers.\

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