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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by cm2187 on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @04:52PM (#13421676)
But whistle blowing on what? That the US diplomacy has secret conversations with every one, negiciates deals, and collect information locally in confidence? That's pretty much their job description. What did Manning whistlebow on?

Leaking confidential information isn't whistleblowing.

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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by nothrabannosir on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:28PM (#13422065)
It's right there in the article:

She copied hundreds of thousands of military incident logs from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, which, among other things, exposed abuses of detainees by Iraqi military officers working with American forces and showed that civilian deaths in the Iraq war were likely much higher than official estimates.

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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by cm2187 on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:32PM (#13422095)
That was not in the diplomatic cables. What wrongdoing has been exposed in the diplomatic cables?
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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by hendersoon on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @10:58AM (#13427251)
Nothing in particular. That's where Manning went wrong. There was no malfeasance or injustice exposed in the cables. They embarrassed the US and caused diplomatic difficulty for no public gain.
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