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White House would consider Manning pardon request
The Hill ^

Posted on 08/21/2013 12:49:51 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

White House would consider Manning pardon request By Justin Sink - 08/21/13 03:16 PM ET

The White House said Wednesday that it would consider a clemency petition for Bradley Manning "like any other application" after the Army private was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking a cache of documents to WikiLeaks.

"There's a process for pardon applications or clemency applications, I believe they're called," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. "And I'm not going to get ahead of that process. If there is an application that's filed by Mr. Manning or his attorneys, that application will be considered in that process like any other application."

Manning's attorney said shortly after his sentencing that he would ask the White House for a pardon. He added that even if the president did not do so, Obama should commute Manning's sentence to time already served.

"What's at stake here is how do we as a public want to be informed about what our government does," attorney David Coombs said, according to The Wrap.

Manning will be up for parole after serving a third of his sentence. With time served, he could be considered eligible in less than a decade. His conviction on five counts of espionage and five counts of theft carried a maximum sentence of 136 years in federal prison.

Before his sentencing, Manning publicly apologized for having leaked the more than 700,00 pages of classified information.

"I am sorry that my actions hurt people. I'm sorry I hurt the United States," he told the court. "I understood what I was doing was wrong, but I didn't appreciate the broader effects of my actions."

Earlier Wednesday, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said Manning received a "light sentence" for having "put the lives of our troops and allies in danger."

"Given the vast damage he did to our national security and the need to send a strong signal to others who may be tempted to disclose classified information, this is a dangerous conclusion,” McKeon said in a statement.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assange; benghazi; bradleymanning; democrat; democrats; diversity; fastandfurious; impeachnow; irs; manning; obama; paultardation; randsconcerntrolls; waronterror; wikileaks
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That screaming sound you heard was me.........

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

1 posted on 08/21/2013 12:49:51 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

just figures


2 posted on 08/21/2013 12:50:21 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Sub-Driver

Manning, of course...

Snowden, no chance...


3 posted on 08/21/2013 12:52:31 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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Pardon Manning and declare that Snowden’s a traitor? That’s weird.


4 posted on 08/21/2013 12:53:20 PM PDT by grania
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To: Sub-Driver
In my White House his pardon application would be used for cleaning up after the dogs.


America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

5 posted on 08/21/2013 12:53:29 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: Sub-Driver

just trying to trick Snowdon out into the open where they can pick him off...


6 posted on 08/21/2013 12:53:41 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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WHY WOULD they even raise such an issue before the ink is dry on the sentence?


7 posted on 08/21/2013 12:54:07 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)
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To: Sub-Driver

Of course he will. Anything to destroy America and American morale.


8 posted on 08/21/2013 12:54:46 PM PDT by SkyDancer (A white woman would be accused of racism if she gave birth to a white baby.)
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Obummer is already sinking with his Under 30 base over the Snowden revelations. They view Manning as some sort of hero. White Hut is dangling this to try and keep those numbers from sagging any lower. (not to mention the whole “picking on the gay kid” issue)

Which shows you how dramatically the dynamics have shifted in just five years.


9 posted on 08/21/2013 12:54:58 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Doogle

Nothing this regime does would surprise me anymore!


10 posted on 08/21/2013 12:55:34 PM PDT by reefdiver (Be the Best you can be Whatever you Dream to be)
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Obama will talk about it. He won’t actually DO it because Hell hath no fury like a bunch of spooks who think you just threw them under the bus.


11 posted on 08/21/2013 12:55:48 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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“Manning, of course...

Snowden, no chance...”

Manning’s gay... Figure it out yet?


12 posted on 08/21/2013 12:57:01 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Make today a great day. Insult a liberal.)
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To: Sub-Driver

You haven’t seen anything yet. He’ll pardon most, if not every black person and/or liberal in federal custody or any federal charge (think Bill Ayers) =, with voting and firearm rights restored 19 JAN 2017. Mark my words.


13 posted on 08/21/2013 12:57:31 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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WHY WOULD they even raise such an issue before the ink is dry on the sentence?

I don't think they "raised" the issue - the statement was made in response to a question.

14 posted on 08/21/2013 12:58:05 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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That screaming sound you heard was me......... Me as well.
15 posted on 08/21/2013 12:58:24 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: DCBryan1

Yes he will.


16 posted on 08/21/2013 12:59:40 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: Sub-Driver

Funny, no one I know would consider a pardon request after we try, convict, and imprison the Obamadork and Holder.


17 posted on 08/21/2013 12:59:55 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Sub-Driver

It’s not clear who raised the subject. Probably Manning’s lawyer. In any case, the White House spokesman responded stupidly, as usual.


18 posted on 08/21/2013 1:01:21 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Sub-Driver

Leftist anti-American hero. Of course he will get a pardon from barky Obama.


19 posted on 08/21/2013 1:01:57 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (sue the DNC for the IRS abuse! Can RICO laws be used against the DNC?)
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Manning is not dark skinned enough.

He is gay, though.

This could go either way (pun intended).

20 posted on 08/21/2013 1:02:00 PM PDT by South40
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