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“It’s an interesting time to be in Paris even if your government almost fell and the political situation is complicated,” enthuses Chelsea Manning, who arrived Monday evening from New York and is still a little out of step. The former American military analyst was invited this week to give a conference at Station F, the temple of French tech. The 35-year-old transgender woman rose to prominence in 2010, when she was still called Bradley, by revealing top secret files to WikiLeaks. Since her release from prison, she has been an activist for the protection of privacy and transparency on the Internet.