BREAKING>>Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence

[skeeter]

Gonna be funny when new conservative hero Julian Assange comes out to praise Obama for this.

Or watch the left enthusiastically applaud after just having finished rending their garments over the DNC hack.

[kevindavis007]

He won't pardon her because she's not facing charges and pretty obviously isn't going to face charges.

 

[Cripplecreek]

Or watch the left enthusiastically applaud after just having finished rending their garments over the DNC hack.

True enough. Plenty of hypocrisy to go around on this one.

[Cripplecreek]

[txradioguy]

Absolutely disgusting.

[HonestJohn]

Bergdahl and Lindh are up next.

Probably.

But I highly doubt that Snowden will be in that bunch.

He'll leave that to Trump.

[corbe]

  dam, even Ash Carter disapproved.





Pentagon head opposed Manning commutation: reports

 By Mark Hensch - 01/17/17 09:16 PM EST   



Defense Secretary Ash Carter disagreed with President Obama’s decision to commute former Army soldier Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence, according to multiple reports.

Carter “did not support” reducing Manning’s 35-year sentence for leaking classified information about U.S. national security activities, CNN said Tuesday.

CNN said it confirmed Carter’s opposition with a senior Department of Defense official following Obama’s maneuver earlier Tuesday.

A U.S. official also told ABC News that evening Carter was against the idea of Manning’s sentence getting commuted.
Obama commuted Manning’s sentence earlier Tuesday, cutting what was the longest punishment ever imposed for a leak conviction.

Manning was convicted in 2013 of leaking classified information that was later publicly disseminated by WikiLeaks.

The former Army private has already served seven years of her sentence, and will now regain freedom on May 17, 2017. Manning was originally set to be released in 2045.

Manning’s grant came in a batch of 209 commutations and 64 pardons, which were announced with four days left in Obama’s presidency.

A senior administration official said Obama believes Manning is remorseful and has faced “sufficient punishment for the serious crimes she committed.”

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/314731-pentagon-head-opposed-manning-commutation-reports

[Sanguine]

  dam, even Ash Carter disapproved.

...

Yeah, well, Carter, your name will forever be linked with 0bama and his administration.  Should have thought about who you agreed to work for.