Post date: Aug 22, 2013 1:21:10 PM
Bradley Manning's lawyer tells NBC's Today Show that Manning wants to live life as a woman.
(U.S. ARMY HANDOUT) - U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, sentenced for leaking classified U.S. documents, said he is female and wants to live as a woman named Chelsea.
A statement from Manning was read on NBC News' "Today" program on Thursday (August 21).Manning, 25, was sentenced on Wednesday (August 20) to 35 years in a military prison for turning over classified files to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of secret data in the nation's history.
His lawyer, David Coombs, also told NBC said he expects Manning to get pardoned.