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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 Thexalon on Wednesday January 18 2017, @06:00PM
... are idiots. Even if Trump could fix everything, he won't, because he will benefit from the very system he's decrying. For example, like all presidents since at least Richard Nixon have been he will be completely immune from criminal prosecution forever, and we can be reasonably certain that somebody with his checkered history would not want to give that up.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.