Chelsea Manning's handwritten letter reveals how she tweets from prison

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Chelsea Manning posted a handwritten note to her Twitter account on Thursday, thanking the tens of thousands of accounts that now follow her and providing insight on how she's tweeting from behind bars.

"I want to thank all of those of you who are now following my new Twitter account," Manning wrote on letterhead topped with Fort Leavenworth's address. "It was pretty amazing to get so many followers so quickly. It’s only possible because of you all, who care about the things and people that I do."

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Because Manning, 27, is currently behind bars at the Kansas military prison and does not have Internet access, she dictates her tweets the communications firm Fitzgibbon Media, which is currently handling the account Read more...

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