What Manning did was not as bad as Snowden, but still Manning’s sentencing has sent a strong message to all US troops that leaking classified information to the media has strong repercussions:
Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army soldier imprisoned for passing government documents to WikiLeaks, is on President Obama’s short list for possible commutation, according to NBC News.
NBC’s report cited a source in the Justice Department.
A decision could come soon for Manning, who tried to commit suicide and went on a hunger strike last year to demand better treatment in prison.
Manning, 28, is serving a 35-year sentence in the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. She pleaded guilty in 2013 to 10 charges related to theft and espionage.
Manning stole over 750,000 pages of classified and unclassified military documents, including videos of airstrikes, war logs and diplomatic cables. She then passed them to WikiLeaks.
Manning, previously known has Bradley, revealed herself as transgender in 2013. [Stars & Stripes]
