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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Jan 17, 2017 18:55:13 GMT -5
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Post by Scumhunter on Jan 17, 2017 19:47:18 GMT -5
In all honesty, I know this sounds like a cop out, but both sides for and against probably have good arguments. I think I'm more interested to see what happens with Wikileaks and the like with the new administration. Every President has at least one controversial pardon while in office or right before leaving office (Bill Clinton with Marc Rich, George W. Bush with Scooter Libby, etc..). I guess President Obama just chose to make Chelsea Manning his.
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Jan 19, 2017 23:08:17 GMT -5
In all honesty, I know this sounds like a cop out, but both sides for and against probably have good arguments. I think I'm more interested to see what happens with Wikileaks and the like with the new administration. Every President has at least one controversial pardon while in office or right before leaving office (Bill Clinton with Marc Rich, George W. Bush with Scooter Libby, etc..). I guess President Obama just chose to make Chelsea Manning his. Now that you mention the future of Wikileaks, the founder, Julian Assange said he'd turn himself in if Manning was pardoned, however she only had her sentence commuted, so perhaps the deal is off and Assange's stay at the Ecuadorian embassy will be extended. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Jan 20, 2017 1:42:10 GMT -5
Basically the argument for commuting her sentenced according to Obama was he felt it was excessive compared to what other leaders got for essentially exactly what Chelsea Manning did. Others felt it was a slap in the face to the intelligence community because those secrets theoretically could have put us at risk.
Like I said, I can understand both sides but feel there's going to be a new administration tomorrow so it's better to see what's going to happen in the future instead of reflecting on the past.
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