[h=1]Chelsea Manning to run for US Senate: Transgender former soldier who leaked classified data to WikiLeaks is seeking Democratic nomination in Maryland[/h]
- The transgender former Army soldier served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data
- She is now seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in Maryland
- Manning was released in May from a U.S. military prison in Kansas where she had been serving time for passing secrets to the WikiLeaks website
- it was the biggest breach of classified data in the history of the United States