Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning Sentence for Leaking 750k Wikileak Docs
Just yesterday, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of former Army soldier Chelsea Manning. The decision, made in spite of objections from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, has caused controversy. Manning was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents and videos to WikiLeaks and is now serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth. Her prison sentence will expire on May 17. From the article: “A former intelligence official described being “shocked” to learn of Obama’s decision, adding that the “entire intelligence community is deflated by this inexplicable use of executive power.” The official said the move was...
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