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President Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning's Sentence

posted by on Wednesday January 18 2017, @10:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the she's-not-out-yet dept.

Several SoylentNews readers sent in this story: edIII, aclarke, and jrmcferren write:

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 Phoenix666 on Wednesday January 18 2017, @09:26PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday January 18 2017, @09:26PM (#455693) Journal

    Still, at the end of the day, why exactly do you torture? It's not to obtain accurate or useful information, I think it's more to strike fear in the minds of the enemy.

    I think you're probably right.

    On the subject of torture it is one of the most repugnant developments of the last 20 years in the United States that people seriously discuss the efficacy of torture, as if it's a legitimate, normal practice. It's not. It's a war crime and utterly abhorrent. It is a profound disgrace and shame on a people who think they live in "the Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave," that they contemplate having anything to do with torture beyond shooting torturers dead on the spot.

    Bringing the CIA and other 3-letter agencies to justice for their depravity is at the top of the list when the revolution comes.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday January 18 2017, @09:43PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday January 18 2017, @09:43PM (#455701)

    I normally don't credit our chief executive with much, but I will give W credit for this particular move. The lawyers he chose to back up his position should be taken out and shot in front of him, one by one, until he confesses that it was a bad idea to coerce them into rendering their opinion approving the operation.

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