Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence

Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by smallnamespace on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:50PM (#13422243)

> She had no control over what Wikileaks would do

Then she should've released it to someone else. She is ultimately responsible for deciding to give it to Wikileaks.

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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by EdHominem on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @02:51AM (#13424807)

Yeah, focus your outrage on the leaker not the murderers or the cover-up.

Neither reason nor morality made our government listen to criticism from within but maybe the pain of suffering these leaks will.

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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by scrollaway on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @03:42AM (#13424970)

You're mistaking hindsight for outrage.

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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by EdHominem on Monday January 30, 2017 @05:10PM (#13525522)

Nope, the thing that triggered Manning to leak was being told to ignore evidence and collaborate in framing innocent Iraqis for treason.

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