WikiLeaks mole Manning hospitalized amid suicide reports
July 07, 2016  08:29
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Imprisoned transgender soldier Chelsea Manning was briefly hospitalized this week, the US Army said today amid media reports the famous intelligence leaker had attempted suicide.

Manning's legal team, however, was unable to contact their client to ascertain the circumstances surrounding her visit to the hospital. 

Army spokesman Colonel Patrick Seiber told AFP that Manning had been taken to a local hospital in Kansas's Fort Leavenworth area yesterday morning. 

"She was returned to the disciplinary barracks yesterday morning," Seiber said, without providing any information on Manning's medical condition. 

Celebrity news site TMZ.com cited an unnamed source saying Manning had tried to hang herself and was currently being monitored. 

And CNN, citing an official who also spoke anonymously, said Manning was hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt.

Manning's lawyer Nancy Hollander reacted furiously to the apparent disclosure of medical information to the media, noting she'd had no word from the Army about Manning's condition.
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