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Chelsea Manning set for prison release next week
The Hill ^ | May 9, 2017 | BY MARK HENSCH

Posted on 05/09/2017 1:32:53 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Former Army soldier Chelsea Manning will be released from prison next week, her attorneys announced Tuesday.

Former President Barack Obama commuted Manning’s prison sentence in January, cutting short a sentence that would have originally ended in 2045.

Obama said that Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst, had served a “very disproportionate” prison sentence for leaking military secrets.

“For the first time, I can see a future for myself as Chelsea,” Manning said in a written statement. “I can imagine surviving and living as the person who I am and finally be in the outside world.”

“Now, freedom is something that I will again experience with friends and loved ones after nearly seven years of bars and cement, of periods of solitary confinement, and of my health care and autonomy restricted, including through routinely forced haircuts,” she added.

“I hope to take the lessons that I have learned, the love that I have been given, and the hope that I have to work toward making life better for others.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; loser; traitor
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Starting the countdown until somebody brings him to the Oscars or some other ‘star studded’ affair.


21 posted on 05/09/2017 1:53:39 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: Mr. K

Maybe a firing squad outside the prison gate could take care of that with a volley or two.


22 posted on 05/09/2017 1:55:08 PM PDT by Mouton (We have the best elected governments that money can buy)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I predict suicide or overdose/alcohol-related death within a decade or so.


23 posted on 05/09/2017 2:04:48 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The tabloids are full of Richard Simmons stories. He seems to have always been and remains an authentic weirdo; which is refreshing. Never closeted, never married a woman or a man - just was/is himself.

Our society is in a crisis of gender distortion/destruction - where did it begin and where will it end? I fear for my grandchildren that they will never see ‘normal’ again.

God - please save us. We may not deserve Your grace, but our innocent children do.


24 posted on 05/09/2017 2:06:09 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If somebody was able to get to Jeffrey Dahmer then somebody can get to Manning.


25 posted on 05/09/2017 2:08:06 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

BRADLEY!!!


26 posted on 05/09/2017 2:09:42 PM PDT by ronniesgal (still winning (and a self satisfied Pr!ck, according to WMarshal))
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To: Boogieman

My guess would be within a year or two. He’s one (mentally) sick puppy.


27 posted on 05/09/2017 2:16:38 PM PDT by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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To: Mouton

Not sure if they make the check out to Bradley or Chelsea, but the book deal will get him a big check.


28 posted on 05/09/2017 2:18:04 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe they’ll have a parade in the Castro District?


29 posted on 05/09/2017 2:21:13 PM PDT by rey
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I no that Obama commuted his sentence but could he be charged with other crimes.


30 posted on 05/09/2017 2:35:34 PM PDT by PCPOET7 (in)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
He shouldn’t be able to collect one dime but the regs on this may require it.

Didn't he forfeit all pay and benefits as a result of his conviction? Wouldn't that include VA benefits?

31 posted on 05/09/2017 2:36:49 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I still say that Bradley Manning had help from his boyfriend to access what he did.
There is no way he acted alone.
His accomplice was hushed and waved on.


32 posted on 05/09/2017 2:38:42 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: rey

Being added to the cast of The View.


33 posted on 05/09/2017 2:46:18 PM PDT by ChuteTheMall (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It is NOT a her!


34 posted on 05/09/2017 3:19:26 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I just don’t see a bright future for this messed up person.


35 posted on 05/09/2017 3:44:53 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Soldier turned traitor. Man turned woman. Sounds like the ideal democrat candidate

Hillary/Chelsea 2020


36 posted on 05/09/2017 3:50:19 PM PDT by Stopthethreat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gee, I hope nothing bad visits the poor misunderstood traitorous degenerate on the outside.


37 posted on 05/09/2017 3:53:21 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.56)
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To: Stopthethreat

Or maybe Chelsea/Chelsea.

The stuff of nightmares, that.


38 posted on 05/09/2017 3:58:23 PM PDT by chrisser
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To: DoodleDawg

I’m almost sure that I read that the military will not be responsible for “health care” for him.


39 posted on 05/09/2017 4:00:03 PM PDT by BeckyRoss
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To: BeckyRoss

If it received disability while in, likely it will have free healthcare for life.


40 posted on 05/09/2017 4:22:35 PM PDT by chief lee runamok
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