Former US Army Private Chelsea Manning was convicted on 17 espionage charges.
Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning, while serving in the United States Army, found documents which suggested that there had been more than 15,000 unreported civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq, and that the U.S. military had failed to investigate detainee abuse and torture. Manning released thousands of pages of documents to WikiLeaks. Manning was charged with espionage offenses, and on conviction was sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment.