Chelsea Manning is seeking a presidential pardon for handing U.S state secrets to the WikiLeaks website because it was done 'out of a love for my country'. According to documents released today, Manning's lawyer, David Coombs, has sent a Petition for Pardon to President Barack Obama. The White House said last month that if Manning requested a presidential pardon she would be considered the same as anyone else. In the petition she wrote that she had started questioning the morality of U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan while reading secret military reports. She said: 'When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and sense of duty to others.'
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David Coombs, Chelsea's lawyer, has sent a Petition for Pardon to President Barack Obama
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The White House has said that a petition by Manning would be treated like any other
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A legal expert has said the petition has a 'zero per cent' chance of success
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Chelsea is serving 35 years at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas for disclosing information
@placeholder signed the petition 'Bradley Manning', not Chelsea, as her name has not legally been changed.