This is a special edition of nightline. Declassified the Chelsea Manning story. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Shes among the most tumultuous public figures of our time. Convicted of passing classified information to wikileaks, Chelsea Mannings story strikes at a fundamental dilemma of our cyber age. The delicate balance between protecting government secrets versus the publics right to know. Her groundbreaking fight for transgender rights and controversial clemency have thrust her into the center of so many ideological skirmishes. She sat down with me exclusively for her firstever television interview. Blending into the crowded streets of new york city, petite and unassuming, youd never know this young woman is one of the most divisive figures of our time. Private manning is a traitor and should not have been turned into a martyr. Private manning is a hero. Reporter Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of leaking the biggest trove of government secrets in u. S. Hist
Out with germans before. We have many germans that will come to the show. He is popular over there. He is. Jimmy its a real thing. Its a phenomenon that you cant necessarily be explained. Good for him. Jimmy yeah, well sure, great for him. Its like the Dennis Rodman of north korea. Hes that determined. Yeah. [ laughter ] but jimmy, david hasselhoff, would you . [ laughter ] jimmy would it be wrong to say i have . Oh sweet jimmy this is baywatch, you know. What do you do over the summer when you were a kid . What kind of summers did you have as a young man . I was a summer camp kid. Jimmy you were . Yeah, i started out as a camper, went there for so long that i then became a counselor. Jimmy was it a good camp . It was wonderful. It was in yosemite. Beautiful. Bass lake. Jimmy how did they decide which of the kids going there for a long time get to be counselors . Kind of the ones that just wont stop come. [ laughter ] it was interesting for me because you know, theres activities during