Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence

Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by clashmoore on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:03PM (#13421821)

The book, "The Spy Who Couldn't Spell: A Dyslexic Traitor, an Unbreakable Code, and the FBI's Hunt for America's Stolen Secrets" by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee tells the story of an American intelligence worker who tried to pass off information to other governments just prior to Sept. 11th.

His motivation was money (selling his secrets for millions of dollars) and when he was caught, he was hoping to have his sentence reduced to 8 years so he may be with his family.

I think it would be encouraging to others to leak if the risk of making millions for their families to getting caught still allows them to live life if the punishment is anything less than life.

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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by rosser on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:06PM (#13421857)

Different circumstances. Spying for money should be treated radically differently than spying for conscience.

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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by peteretep on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @06:44PM (#13422649)

Wasn't she spying mostly out of pique?

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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by rosser on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @07:18PM (#13422885)

I don't know about "mostly", but I definitely agree that her motives weren't entirely clean.

This is why I'm very much in the "Pardon Snowden, Commute Manning" camp.

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