Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence: will be released 17/5/17 instead of 2045

[Cidersomerset]

Not sure if it has anything to do with Julian Assanges statement....


Wikileaks founder Julian Assange also said last year that he would
surrender to US authorities if Mr Obama pardoned Ms Manning.


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Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence

11 minutes ago
From the section US & Canada

Manning declared her new identity the day after sentencing

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.She was sentenced to 35 years in 2013 for her role in leaking diplomatic
cables to the anti-secrecy group. The leak was one of the largest breaches of
classified material in US history.

The Obama administration has been under pressure to release Ms Manning, who
twice attempted suicide last year at the male military prison where she is being
held at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.She also went on a hunger strike last year, which
ended after the military agreed to provide her with gender dysphoria treatment.

The White House has suggested it was open to commuting Ms Manning's sentence
in recent days, contrasting her situation with Edward Snowden, the former National
Security Agency contractor who leaked surveillance documents and is living as a
fugitive in Russia.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange also said last year that he would surrender to US
authorities if Mr Obama pardoned Ms Manning.

On Tuesday, President Obama granted commutation of sentence to 209 individuals
and pardons to 64 others.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38659068

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President Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning's 35-Year Sentence

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Published on 17 Jan 2017
The soldier was arrested after leaking classified documents to Wikileaks.

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BREAKING: Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning, What's Next For Julian Assange Extradition

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Published on 17 Jan 2017
Breaking News: President Barack Obama has shortened the prison sentence of
former Army private and whistleblower Chelsea Manning, She will be released on
May 17, instead of remaining in military custody until 2045 as originally sentenced.

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CIA NN ...negative as to be expected...

Obama commutes sentence for Chelsea Manning

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Published on 17 Jan 2017
President Obama has commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, a former US
Army soldier convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents
to Wikileaks. CNN's Evan Perez reports.

[Flowerpunkchip]

Chelsea Manning, the US army soldier who became one of the most prominent whistleblowers in modern times when she exposed the nature of modern warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, and who then went on to pay the price with a 35-year military prison sentence, is to be freed in May as a gift of outgoing president Barack Obama.

From the Guardian website
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/17/chelsea-manning-sentence-commuted-barack-obama

Great news for Assange and all good people who want transparency

[Cidersomerset]

President Obama commutes sentence of Wikileaks leaker Chelsea Manning

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Published on 17 Jan 2017
President Obama is commuting the bulk of Chelsea Manning's prison sentence.
Manning was a U.S. Army soldier convicted in July 2013 for violation of the
Esponage Act. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers has the latest.

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Wikileaks - Collateral murder in Iraq by US helicopter (short video)

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Uploaded on 20 Dec 2010
On July 6, 2010, Private Bradley Manning, a 22 year old intelligence analyst with
the United States Army in Baghdad, was charged with disclosing this video (after
allegedly speaking to an unfaithful journalist). The whistleblower behind the
Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, has called Mr. Manning a 'hero'. He is currently
imprisoned in Kuwait. The Apache crew and those behind the cover up depicted in
the video have

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Wikileaks - Collateral murder in Iraq by US helicopter (short video)

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Uploaded on 20 Dec 2010
On July 6, 2010, Private Bradley Manning, a 22 year old intelligence analyst with
the United States Army in Baghdad, was charged with disclosing this video (after
allegedly speaking to an unfaithful journalist). The whistleblower behind the
Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, has called Mr. Manning a 'hero'. He is currently
imprisoned in Kuwait. The Apache crew and those behind the cover up depicted in
the video have

Here's the rest of the summary:

The Apache crew and those behind the cover up depicted in the video have yet to be charged. To assist Private Manning, please see bradleymanning.org.

5th April 2010 10:44 EST WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters news staff.

Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-sight, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded.

[Daughter of Time]

What greatly concerns me here is that a few days ago Wikileaks twitted that if Manning was pardoned, Julian Assange would agree to be extradited to the U. S.

Could this be the reason behind this seemingly great act of clemency?

I hope not!!!

[Cidersomerset]

What greatly concerns me here is that a few days ago Wikileaks tweeted that if
Manning was pardoned, Julian Assange would agree to be extradited to the U. S.
Could this be the reason behind this seemingly great act of clemency?
I hope not!!!


Still not sure if this has any to do with Assanges offer ?....

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Published on 13 Jan 2017

BREAKING: Julian Assange Ready for Extradition if Obama Pardons
Manning 'Despite Clear Unconstitutionality'


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Ex SAS soldier Ben Griffin commentary: Wikileaks
'Collateral Murder' video Iraq (2007)

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Fox seems to have forgotten the ' collateral damage tape'.....The Guy
in the braces does not seem to be on this planet , He still thinks
the Soviet Union is alive and well and does not seem to know much
about Manning and Assange......



Did WikiLeaks tweet prompt Manning's commutation?

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Published on 17 Jan 2017
Reaction and analysis on 'The Five'

[sdv]

Obama did not pardon Manning but commuted her sentence, so Assange is off the hook!

Just saw in an article that Assange said he would agree to extradition if Obama granted clemency for Chelsea Manning. So, very interesting ...!

[Cidersomerset]

Chelsea Manning commutation could set up Assange extradition to US

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Published on 17 Jan 2017


Now that President Barack Obama has commuted much of whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s
prison sentence, will Wikileaks founder Julian Assange follow through on his promise to
accept extradition to the US?
On Tuesday, Obama announced that he was granting clemency to Manning, along with 208
other people. The former US Army intelligence analyst will be freed on May 17, rather than
in 2045 as originally intended by his conviction under the Espionage Act.

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Chelsea Manning ‘spoke truth to power’ – Ex-exec. dir. of Congressional Progressive Caucus

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Published on 17 Jan 2017

President Obama commuted whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence, and
she is set to be freed on May 17. Brad Bauman, partner at the Pastorum Group and
former executive director of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and WOR talk
radio host Mark Simone join RT America’s Ed Schultz to discuss Manning's
commuted sentence as well as transparency and national security.

[Cidersomerset]

MC Cain , Ryan and others not happy .......

With Three Days Left in Office, Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Prison Sentence

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Published on 17 Jan 2017
Formerly known as Bradley Manning, the soldier leaked hundreds of thousands of
sensitive documents to WikiLeaks.

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Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's prison sentence

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Published on 17 Jan 2017

The former Army intelligence analyst convicted of releasing classified military and
national security information will be released on May 17th; Kevin Corke has the
details for 'Special Report'

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Why Obama's commutation of Manning is a slap in intel's face

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Published on 17 Jan 2017

Chelsea Manning was serving the sixth year of a 35-year sentence at the military
prison for leaking classified government and military documents to WikiLeaks. Now,
she will go free May 17

[Cidersomerset]

'Humanitarian move': Chelsea Manning's sentence commuted - ex-CIA officer Kiriakou

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Published on 17 Jan 2017
President Barack Obama has shortened the prison sentence of former Army private
and whistleblower Chelsea Manning, She will be released on May 17, instead of
remaining in military custody until 2045 as originally sentenced.

Manning had leaked to WikiLeaks hundreds of thousands of US government documents
that came to be known as the Iraq War Logs and the Afghan War Diary. She was
convicted by a US Army Court Martial to 35 years' imprisonment prison in August 2013,
under the Espionage Act

[Kryztian]

The President who promised "Hope and Change" to his people, but did so much to expand the surveillance state, to take away civil rights from Americans, the President who promised sunshine but instead implemented more secrecy, has finally done something positive on this front. I will remember Chelsea Manning's commutation as a spot of sunshine in what otherwise was an 8 year long dark cloud.

[Cidersomerset]

Chelsea Manning's commuted sentence 'better late than never' – biographer

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Published on 17 Jan 2017

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama commuted the bulk of Chelsea Manning’s
prison sentence. Locked up for nearly 7 years, she is set to be released in May
2017 instead of 2045. Clark Stoeckley, author of “The United States vs. Pvt.
Chelsea Manning” joins RT America’s Simone Del Rosario to offer his unique
insights, having attended her trial and worked tirelessly on her behalf and on
behalf of securing greater protections for whistleblowers in the US.

[Cidersomerset]

'Assange stands by everything he said' - lawyer on Wikileaks' founder US extradition promise

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Published on 18 Jan 2017


Now that President Barack Obama has commuted much of whistleblower
Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence, will Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
follow through on his promise to accept extradition to the US? Melinda
Taylor, lawyer for Assange, joins RT to discuss this issue.

[onawah]

Chelsea Manning Will Be Free
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President Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence and she will be released this May. In September 2016, WikiLeaks publisher, Julian Assange offered to turn himself in to US authorities if President Obama were to pardon Manning. It will be interesting to see if Assange makes good on his offer.

Chelsea was born Bradley Manning and was serving in the Iraq War as an Army intelligence analyst in 2009 when he saw footage from an Apache helicopter of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians viciously murdered as the two-man crew exhibited appalling bloodlust. He also reviewed thousands of US diplomatic cables, describing much of the realpolitik that he observed in these to be “…crazy, almost criminal political backdealings”.

Manning attempted to pass the information to the Washington Post and to the New York Times but neither were interested. He then approached WikiLeaks, which published the footage in early 2010 with the headline, “Collateral Murder”. This story plus the hundreds of thousands of embarrassing US diplomatic cables supplied by Manning, which came to be known as “Cablegate” put WikiLeaks on the map.

Manning was arrested in late May of 2010 and has remained in custody ever since. I had the occasion to attend one day at his pre-trial hearings at Fort Meade. Manning’s lawyer, David Coombs, who is interviewed in this clip from the Today Show filmed a few days before Manning’s commutation was announced tears up twice, about the harshness of Chelsea’s 35-year sentence saying, “I’ve represented murderers, I’ve represented rapists, I’v represented child molesters and none of them received 35 years, none of them.”

Coombs also confirms that nobody’s life was endangered by Manning’s leaks. Only a few diplomats “feelings were hurt.” He also says that, he “would be the happiest person alive – next to maybe Chelsea – if the President does, in fact commute her sentence.”

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Why would Obama do this? It speaks to the transgender issue being pushed hard by whomever it is that pushes their agendas down our throats! Transgenders are .004% of the population. Can you name any other group that gets this much traction, with such low numbers? Why are 'they' pushing this on us? Aren't there 10,000 other more important issues facing this country than which bathroom someone takes a leak in?!?!

[Matthew]

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Yo! Her release of material to WikiLeaks is the reason Chelsea Manning (previously Bradley Manning) is relevant I'd say. Transgender issue being secondary imo. Useful combination for Obama to elevate himself in the eyes of liberals. I know I like this move! even though I don't trust Obama on the whole and see this as shallow politics play. Still very happy about this though

[onawah]

More distraction from more important issues the elite don't want us focusing on, I would say. That seems pretty obvious.

[Shannon]

I believe we needpeople like Chelsea manning. We need more whistleblowers and more souls who aren't afraid to go public with ugly truths. I don't see this as anything but good. Her transition as zero to do with her conviction to me. People won't blow the whistle if they think they'll be thrown in a cell for 50 years!

The only thing I'm proud of Obama for.

[onawah]

I agree, though I think the whole transgender thing (aside from Manning's very important role as a military whistleblower) has been more about creating distractions, the kind the Progressives like to think are changing things for everyone, when in fact, they are serving more just as a distraction/coverup to outrageously important things like Pizzagate, etc.

I believe we needpeople like Chelsea manning. We need more whistleblowers and more souls who aren't afraid to go public with ugly truths. I don't see this as anything but good. Her transition as zero to do with her conviction to me. People won't blow the whistle if they think they'll be thrown in a cell for 50 years!

The only thing I'm proud of Obama for.

[Cidersomerset]

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Chelsea Manning thanks Obama for prison release

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From the section US & Canada

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The US army private serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified documents
has thanked President Barack Obama for shortening her sentence. Chelsea Manning, whose
sentence was commuted by the outgoing president, thanked him "for giving me a chance".

The 29-year-old transgender soldier, born Bradley Manning, gave embarrassing documents
to Wikileaks in 2010.At President Obama's final press conference on Wednesday, he declared
that "justice has been served".

She will be freed from the Fort Leavenworth military prison in May - 29 years ahead of her
scheduled release in 2045.


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This is one of the few things Obama has done that I can fully agree with. Despite Obama basically increasing the surveillance state several fold on his watch he did the right thing for a change. Wonder why? Was it for liberty for the people or for transgenderism.
Here is a great link from Snowden re the surveillance state that is a good one.

http://dailywesterner.com/news/2017-01-19/new-snowden-interview-history-of-intelligence-agencies-fbis-cointelpro-cias-mkultra-and-the-surveillance-state/