Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence
by MrMember on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:17PM
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Obama has done very little (anything?) to support whistleblowers or an open and transparent government in the eight years he has been President. It's hard not to be skeptical of such an uncharacteristic move days before he's set to leave office.
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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence
by jmcdiesel on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:25PM
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Its not at all hard...
This is the time for doing these things... things like this that have the potential to upset a lot of people you rely on... but he wont be relying on them anytime soon... thats kinda where the "tradition" of pardons, etc at the last few days of term comes from.. there is next to no backlash for the president if hes only in office for a few more days