Manning leaves U.S. prison seven years after giving secrets to WikiLeaks

By Karen Dillon
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (Reuters) – Chelsea Manning walked out of a U.S. military prison on Wednesday, seven years after being arrested for passing secrets to WikiLeaks in the largest breach of classified information in U.S. history.
Manning, 29, was released from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, at about 2 a.m., the U.S. Army said in a brief statement.
“First steps of freedom!!” Manning wrote alongside a photograph of sneaker-clad feet that