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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 19 2017, @03:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 19 2017, @03:22AM (#455869)

    All the long lines and groping and all that shit are completely unnecessary.

    Only if you believe that the point is airplane security. They are a necessary part of delaying the realization that productivity has advance to the point that we have more people willing to work than we have demand to be working. So they create a bunch of TSA jobs which reduce worker productivity for business travelers and cuts into private citizens' free time. So now the TSA agents have jobs, companies hire more people to offset company time lost in airport lines, and we have to pay someone to do the things around the house we couldn't get to because we added 4 hours of airport time to our holiday.