Chelsea Manning prepares for freedom: 'I want to breathe the warm spring air'

On Wednesday, after seven years, Chelsea Manning will walk out of military prison a free woman. Edward Snowden leads the tributes, and tells the Guardian how Manning 'left behind the safety of silence to speak a truth that saved lives' On Wednesday, some time after dawn, the security gates at the US disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, will be thrown open and a slight 5ft 2in woman will walk out into the open air and freedom. For Chelsea Manning, release from military incarceration...