2013 for illegally downloading military reports that were unclassified and sensitive military documents. The documents were from both wars where the US was involved: in Iraq and Afghanistan. Manning had acquired the documents on the military base in Baghdad. Manning provided Wikileaks with evidence of Collateral Murder when the US Army killed 12 unarmed citizens with an Apache attack helicopter. The attack happened in a Baghdad suburb and two Reuters staff were among the victims. Manning commented on the video, finding the "delightful bloodlust" the soldiers appeared to have disturbing. As seen on the footage and aerial weapons team asks a wounded Iraqi to hold up a gun so that they could have reason to engage. On August 21, 2013, Manning was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison for providing sensitive documents to WikiLeaks. She only served seven years before President Barack Obama commuted her sentence in 2017. While in prison, Manning attempted to take her life twice over her struggles with gender dysphoria and attempts to get a gender reassignment. Other notable whistleblowers James Hitselberger, a former contract linguist for the US Navy in Bahrain is charged with possessing classified documents. Edward Snowden, a technical contractor for the NSA and former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is currently at large and has been charged with theft and the unauthorized disclosure of classified information to columnist Glenn Greenwald. Reporters Without Borders' 2014 Press Freedom Index saw a drop of 13 ranks for the United States due to her "treatment of whistleblowers, leakers, and those who assist them" in 2013. The country fell to 46th place, between Romania and Haiti. The United Kingdom fell three places for similar reasons. The Index is meant to highlight places where journalists and photographers are free to do their work, as well as places where the work puts them in danger. Reporters Without Borders' executive director Christian Mihr stated: "In the US, state persecution of investigative journalists and their sources by security services has reached an unprecedented level. If sources can no longer be trusted, we face a significant curtailment of press freedom and a dramatic step backward when it comes to democracy." Allegations of government intimidation of The Guardian The Guardian is a UK-based newspaper with an international reach. In 2013, The Guardian received a copy of data from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Legal threats and forced computer destruction In June and