Should Chelsea Manning's sentence be commuted?

[mystery-ak]

Posting this poll for Bigun

Do you believe that a young Army PFC with the ink not yet fully dry on his security clearance just walked into an ultra-secure facility one day and downloaded a ton of top secret material to a thumb drive, walked out with that in his pocket, and handed it over to Wikileaks.

Corrected yer spelling, boss. - Mod2

[Cripplecreek]

No but it has been and that's the end of that.

[flowers]

Too late....he has been. I do think he will off himself within a year or two.

[EC]

No, it should not have been.

[Bigun]

Thanks Nancy! The poll question should be what you quoted above and not whether or not he (or she) should have been pardoned. 

[Bigun]

No but it has been and that's the end of that.

@Cripplecreek

This is the actual question I wanted to be asked. 

Do you believe that a young Army PFC with the ink not yet fully dry on his security clearance just walked into an ultra-secure facility one day and downloaded a ton of top secret material to a thumb drive, walked out with that in his pocket, and handed it over to Wikileaks?

[Bigun]

Too late....he has been. I do think he will off himself within a year or two.

@flowers

This should have been the poll question

Do you believe that a young Army PFC with the ink not yet fully dry on his security clearance just walked into an ultra-secure facility one day and downloaded a ton of top secret material to a thumb drive, walked out with that in his pocket, and handed it over to Wikileaks.

[Bigun]

No, it should not have been.

@EC

This should have been the poll question.

Do you believe that a young Army PFC with the ink not yet fully dry on his security clearance just walked into an ultra-secure facility one day and downloaded a ton of top secret material to a thumb drive, walked out with that in his pocket, and handed it over to Wikileaks?

[EC]

@Bigun

In that case, my brother, yes, I do believe that. The invincibly arrogant stupidity of the young trumps premeditation.   

[Bigun]

@Bigun

In that case, my brother, yes, I do believe that. The invincibly arrogant stupidity of the young trumps premeditation.   

@EC

I think you still don't understand what I wished to ask here.  Perhaps I should restate the question thusly:

Do you believe that it is possible for a young Army PFC with the ink not yet fully dry on his security clearance to just walked into an ultra-secure facility one day and download a ton of top secret material to a thumb drive, walk out with that in his pocket, and hand it over to Wikileaks.

[flowers]

@flowers

This should have been the poll question

Do you believe that a young Army PFC with the ink not yet fully dry on his security clearance just walked into an ultra-secure facility one day and downloaded a ton of top secret material to a thumb drive, walked out with that in his pocket, and handed it over to Wikileaks.

  I agree, how have you been @Bigun hope all is well with you and yours. my answer is no to that question by the way.

[Sanguine]

@EC

I think you still don't understand what I wished to ask here.  Perhaps I should restate the question thusly:

Do you believe that it is possible for a young Army PFC with the ink not yet fully dry on his security clearance to just walked into an ultra-secure facility one day and download a ton of top secret material to a thumb drive, walked out with that in his pocket, and handed it over to Wikileaks.

No, but I guess we'll never find out the truth now that he's been pardoned.

[Bigun]

  I agree, how have you been @Bigun hope all is well with you and yours. my answer is no to that question by the way.

@flowers

All is fine here!  Hope the same is true where you are!

Thanks for the response!

[Bigun]

No, but I guess we'll never find out the truth now that he's been pardoned.

 

[truth_seeker]

What about Manning's immediate superiors, up the line?

I learned you can delegate authority , but you can NOT delegate responsibility.

Failure to adequately supervise.

[austingirl]

No and it's Bradley Manning. He should have remained in prison.

[EC]

@Bigun

I'm bumping into a problem (one you know well) in writing a reply.

In short though, while it seems unlikely on the surface, yes, it is perfectly possible. @truth_seeker has touched on one of the reasons in his reply. However, I do think there was a certain amount of "assistance" going on - from and by whom I won't speculate.

[Cripplecreek]

There is no Chelsea Manning.

Only the traitor named Bradley Manning.

[Bigun]

@Bigun

I'm bumping into a problem (one you know well) in writing a reply.

In short though, while it seems unlikely on the surface, yes, it is perfectly possible. @truth_seeker has touched on one of the reasons in his reply. However, I do think there was a certain amount of "assistance" going on - from and by whom I won't speculate.

@EC

Gotcha.  We are in agreement.

[LateForLunch]

@EC

Gotcha.  We are in agreement.

If I were Emperor, that THING would be defenestrated as an example to all others who would follow in its path.

[Bigun]

If I were Emperor, that THING would be defenestrated as an example to all others who would follow in its path.

@LateForLunch

It is in sore need of that treatment!

[GtHawk]

Dangit, when I first read the title I thought the question was should it be executed.