[Other View] Obama’s clemency for Manning sets back justice
Jan 22, 2017
Chelsea Manning may be getting out of prison in a few months, but the effects of President Barack Obama’s commutation of her sentence will last far longer. In this case, Obama made a serious error of judgment. Proponents of clemency for Manning, the former US Army intelligence analyst convicted in 2013 of leaking classified material, make plenty of reasonable arguments: Her 35-year sentence was far longer than that of most other leakers; in spilling national security documents, she felt she was