Chelsea Manning thanks Obama in first interview: Chelsea Manning, the former US soldier jailed for leaking classified information, has spoken out for the first time since her release, accepting responsibility for her crime and thanking President Barack Obama. Source 5c
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Julian Assange arrested at Ecuadorian Embassy in London, taken into police custody. Assange took refuge in the embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning about allegations including rape. He chose to remain in the embassy out of fear the U.S. Would seek his arrest over the leaking of classified information to then-U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning. Ref. USAToday.