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In one of his last moves in office, President Obama has commuted the 35-year prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the Army private who leaked a massive trove of military secrets to WikiLeaks.
The former intelligence analyst's prison sentence has been shortened to expire on May 17, 2017, according to a statement from the White House.
Her lawyers at the ACLU expressed relief after the decision, saying that Manning has already served more time behind bars than any other whistleblower in U.S. history, and under difficult conditions.
Also at the BBC and the New York Times.
Previously: Chelsea Manning Reportedly on Obama's Short List for Commutation; Assange Offers Himself in Trade
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(Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Wednesday January 18 2017, @03:33PM
absolutely correct, mr mercenary, er, merchant of death, er, merchant...
of course the correct and right ratio is 1,000,000 barbarians killed for every twue bwue 'merikan killed...
it is only right and proportional, in a 1,000,000:1 way...
perfectly understandable...
totally not vengeful or predicated on korporate/money issues at all...
well, maybe a little bit, but, c'mon, we gotta pay for these wars to start these wars to pay for these wars to start the wars to pay for the wars ad infinitum...
(um, excepting we ain't weally at 'war'-war with anyone, just -you know- defending 'our' (sic) democracy fucking EVERYWHERE on the planet but HERE...)