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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 18 2017, @07:48PM
1. You didn't mention specifically that closing that place was one of his campaign promises.
This demonstrates that, in several ways, O'Bummer and Donnie Tiny Hands are quite similar.
It seems that it's impossible to get the top gig without being a two-faced lying bastard.
O'Bummer also expanded both of Dubya's wars after campaigning as a "peace" candidate.
Again: Two-faced.
...and he went on to drop bombs on several more places.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday January 18 2017, @11:06PM
Oh, yeah?! Well, uh... at least Trump was transparent about being a liar!
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