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President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence (theverge.com)
The New York Times is reporting that President Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence. What this translates to is a reduced sentence for Manning, from 35 years to just over seven years. Since Manning has already served a majority of those years, she is due to be released from federal custody on May 17th. The Verge reports: While serving as an intelligence analyst in Iraq, Manning leaked more than 700,000 documents to Wikileaks, including video of a 2007 airstrike in Baghdad that killed two Reuters employees. In 2013, Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for her role in the leak and has been held at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth for the past three years. Julian Assange, who has long been sought by U.S. and EU authorities for extradition on Swedish rape charges, had previously pledged to surrender himself to U.S. authorities if Manning was pardoned. Born Bradley Manning, Chelsea announced her gender transition the day after the verdict was handed down. "I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female," she said in a statement. "Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible." Obtaining the resulting medical treatments was extremely difficult for Manning, and was the subject of significant and sustained activism. After a lawsuit, Manning was approved for hormone therapy in 2015. In September 2016, she launched a hunger strike, demanding access to gender reassignment surgery; the military complied five days later.
Prison does strange things to you. Go in a man, come out a woman.
Best fucking part...
"Earlier this month, WikiLeaks said it would agree to a US extradition request for the site's founder, Julian Assange, if Obama granted clemency to Manning. It was not immediately clear if WikiLeaks would make good on its promise."
I'm sure Julian will honor this....
Some people don't want to cater to the delusions of the mentally ill.
... And the rest of us put up with you just the way you are.
Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
Some people don't want to cater to the delusions of the mentally ill.
Well, then how do you explain Trump?
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
One, Compelling a person to say things is kind of tyrannical, isn't it?
Calm down Debra, you can still be a pretty little princess.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
Oh hey, it's sanctimonious shitbag again. Thanks for your comment. You've done us a service by enlightening us with your wisdom. Thanks so much.
jesus, i always just thought that was a dark line; now you're telling me it's the scar from that time when my vagina healed?
do not read this line twice.