Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency as you exit the White House, please: free Chelsea Manning. You alone can save her life.
— Edward Snowden January 11, 2017
Obama lied about being able to pardon Snowden so I wouldn't put much hope in anything.
Obama lied about being able to pardon Snowden so I wouldn't put much hope in anything.
There's no reason for him to float this unless he's considering it. Hopefully that means that absent a strong negative reaction, he'll do it.
Whatever you think of what she did, her sentence is obscene. There is almost no hope that a Trump administration would consider commuting her sentence. She plead guilty, she apologized. She's been in for seven friggen years. That's enough unless you're some kind of sadist.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...anning-obama-s-short-list-commutation-n705441
Screw Bradley Manning. I really hope he succeeds in offing himself. One day. After numerous failed attempts which leave him suffering.
Talk about a security leak. This guy indiscriminately shared classified information. It wasn't because of moral outrage, but instead was likely due to job stress and not be able to cut it.
Glad to see you're taking the moral high ground by being both transphobic and hoping someone not only commits suicide, but commits it painfully.
Do you actually have an ounce of basic compassion for people who aren't like you, or is it just reserved for cisgender white people from Christian backgrounds?
He didn't float it. He responded to a question-
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/obama-says-he-cant-pardon-snowden/
In context, "can't" just means "won't in good conscience". Obama is obviously aware of the Nixon & Rich pardons.
I feel sorry for him. His father was definitely a jerk. But that doesn't excuse what he did. Him being trans just goes to show the lack of judgement and unsound mind he possesses and it delegitimizes the legitimacy of any whistleblowing.
Because, let's be clear, trans is a mental illness. It isn't objectively real, it is just a manifestation of some messed up mental state. It is about as real as a tattoo is real.
I feel sorry for him. His father was definitely a jerk. But that doesn't excuse what he did. Him being trans just goes to show the lack of judgement and unsound mind he possesses and it delegitimizes the legitimacy of any whistleblowing.
Because, let's be clear, trans is a mental illness. It isn't objectively real, it is just a manifestation of some messed up mental state. It is about as real as a tattoo is real.
35 years is outrageous. Proven traitors that sold state secrets for money got less time than that.
We're done here. You don't have to welcome the transgender community with open arms, but purposefully referring to Chelsea as a "him" out of spite? That doesn't make you a truth-teller, it just makes you an asshole.
There's no reason for him to float this unless he's considering it. Hopefully that means that absent a strong negative reaction, he'll do it.
Well then thanks for bringing this up. I'll make sure to start up noise so he stays all 35 years. Or less, depending on if he's successful with rigging his shoelaces or bedsheets.
because DNA is the only thing that factors into development. that's why there's no variance at all between identical twins. none.I'm sorry, but take a DNA test and he's a he. And he is no hero. Him thinking he is a she goes to show how this guy was not being a truthtelling hero but a mentally unbalanced kid whose unstable home situation led him to betray his country.
7 years in jail isn't a consequence?Seeing how Clinton's emails arguably cost her the election, pardon Braddass over here and the Democrats become the party of security leaks with no consequences.
Damn you are a hateful little POS. Not to mention clueless about modern medicine and neuroscience.
because DNA is the only thing that factors into development. that's why there's no variance at all between identical twins. none.
7 years in jail isn't a consequence?
Hopefully he gets it. Snowden too, but I'm more skeptical that will happen. I'm rather shocked Manning is even being considered, but justice has been served already and a pardon is in order.
wait a minute, hold on, if manning is actually unable to form judgment due to manning's unsound mind, then manning is unable to fully understand the implications of the activities undertaken. in which case, punishment is also delegitimized.Him being trans just goes to show the lack of judgement and unsound mind he possesses and it delegitimizes the legitimacy of any whistleblowing.
so, rather than "no consequences," it's consequences not high enough. for someone who, you admit, is unable to form proper judgment.Seven years is less than Jonathan Pollard served.