SURE, MAKES SENSE TO ME

Bradley Edward Manning is the United States Army soldier who disclosed nearly three-quarters of a million classified and sensitive military and diplomatic documents. A significant portion of the material was disclosed directly to WikiLeaks and was published by them and its media partners between April and November 2010. In July of 2013 Manning was convicted by court-martial of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses. He could have received a death sentence, but was sentenced to serve a 35-year sentence at the maximum-security U.S Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth.

The former intelligence analyst's prison sentence has now been shortened to expire on May 17, 2017, according to a statement from the White House. This commutation was issued along with 208 others.

So, let’s see…President Obama, who has justifiably questioned the possible interference of Russia with our most recent election through WikiLeaks, as one of his last acts as Commander in Chief, has now commuted the sentence of Manning. Convicted of a total of 21charges of espionage and leaking secret material to WikiLeaks, he will now go free after serving 7 years of his 35-year sentence. Sure…makes sense to me.