Making it Real

a 23 year old Army intelligence analyst, who is serving 35 years in prison for leaking a video of a US helicopter attack that killed eleven civilians and wounded two chidren in Iraq and many other shocking secret military and government files.  The US army covered up the evidence and declared the war crime “justified”.  Now they claim that exposing the massacre is criminal.  She also shared documentation of similar events in Afghanistan, the Iraq War Logs, the Guantanamo files, diplomatic cables exposing US foreign policy and more, making her responsible for the greatest leaks of classified material EVER.   

Chelsea suffered solitary confinement for 23 hours a day in a small cell for 11months before being sentenced to 35 years imprisonment.  Julian Assange (see no.17)  from Wikileaks, freely published the leaked files, shocking the world.  Included was the damning "collateral murder” footage. Chelsea hoped the material would lead to "worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms".