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Obama commutes Chelsea (aka Bradley) Manning sentence
Topic Started: Jan 17 2017, 10:23 PM (161 Views)
Steve K
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Once and future cynic
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38659068

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President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010.

The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release.

Well it can't be said that he's done it to buy votes but surely this is sus. How can you take 28 years off the sentence given by the courts and not say the USA courts are in need of serious reform?

But then it's the USA where logic doesn't always apply


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Alberich
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The sentence was massively out of all proportion in the first place. Obama is right in his action here, for Manning is a sad little he/she who has already tried suicide on a couple of occasions. And as she has already served five years, that would be about right, considering her offence.
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johnofgwent
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Well, didn't they used to call what Manning did "handing secrets to the enemy" and shoot you for it.

I noticed on the Bbc website usa pages a few hours ago Obama released millions of just declassified stuff including bluebook, the real life stuff behind inigo swanns Starfire / tonopah & Tolkien ... But regrettably in a stunning misprint (I hope !!) the BBC say Obama has released details of the previously secret starGATE program

Oops !!
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