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Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence |
2017-01-18 |
[NYTIMES] President B.O. on Tuesday largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning ...formerly Bradley Manning before he decided to become a girl. He, or she or whatever it was, was a misfit Army intel analyst who decided to leak all the secrets he could lay hands on. Currently doing 35 years in Leavenworth and writing editorials for the New York Times.... , the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world, disrupted the administration and made WikiLeaks, the recipient of those disclosures, famous. First president we've ever had who was demonstrably on the other side. The decision by Mr. Obama rescued Ms. Manning, who twice tried to kill herself last year, from an uncertain future as a transgender woman incarcerated at the men’s military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. She has been tossed in the slammer Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for nearly seven years, and her 35-year sentence was by far the longest punishment ever imposed in the United States for a leak conviction. The act of clemency could be seen as a reversal, at least in part, of the B.O. regime’s unprecedented criminal crackdown on leaking: The administration has brought charges in about nine cases, about twice as many as under all previous presidents combined. At the same time that Mr. Obama commuted the sentence of Ms. Manning, a low-ranking enlisted soldier at the time of her leaks, he also granted a pardon to Gen. James E. Cartwright, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and one of the highest-ranking officials ensnared in the leak crackdown. |
Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
#9 Maybe it's just Obama being old fashioned. Now that the traitorous twerp switched from he to a she, everyone knows that women don't get as harsh a sentence as men. |
Posted by: Penguin of the Desert 2017-01-18 09:07 |
#8 Release HIM to genpop. Let's see if he makes it to May. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-18 08:33 |
#7 So what he got for getting Many, many, NOC's in the Field tortured and murdered is a sex change operation and a show on daytime cable tv? What message does this send? |
Posted by: newc 2017-01-18 05:01 |
#6 A succinct response might be "And this...is why you got President Trump." The Democratic Party overplayed its hand--they actually thought that Americans no longer wished to protect their country. |
Posted by: Crusader 2017-01-18 02:29 |
#5 "And" to taste. |
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-01-18 02:13 |
#4 A trannie with chassis enchanting (uncanny!) may channel Miss Channing, May bitchily banter With Bette (supplant her!)... Just don't make us buy his dismanning. |
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-01-18 02:10 |
#3 All a giant hoax to insulate this POS from prosecution and life imprisonment. If he is a victim of evil nature (Gaia),.... 'then you must acquit.' |
Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-18 01:51 |
#2 The decision by Mr. Obama rescued Ms. Manning... I don't care what name he prefers to go by, he's not "Ms. Manning". Its long past time that we call out such outright lies. |
Posted by: Crusader 2017-01-18 00:31 |
#1 sending military secrets to Russia - not that bad sending DNC email to wikileaks - bad, terrible, horrible |
Posted by: lord garth 2017-01-18 00:19 |