Is President Obama About To Pardon Army Leaker Chelsea Manning?

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 (@Snowden) January 11, 2017

NBC: Army Leaker Chelsea Manning on Obama's 'Short List' for Commutation

President Obama has put Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified material, on his short list for a possible commutation, a Justice Department source told NBC News.

A decision could come as soon as Wednesday for Manning, who has tried to commit suicide twice this year and went on a hunger strike in a bid for gender reassignment surgery.

"I have more hope right now than I have the entire time since she was sentenced," Manning's aunt, Deborah Manning, told NBC News.

"I do think it's the last hope for a while."

Manning — then known as Bradley — was locked up in 2010 after swiping 700,000 military files and diplomatic cables and giving them to Wikileaks.

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Update #1: Chelsea Manning on Obama's 'shortlist' for commutation: report (The Hill)
Update #2: Chelsea Manning on Obama's 'shortlist' to commute prison sentence – report (The Guardian)

WNU Editor: Chelsea Manning is in jail because he leaked 700,000 military files and diplomatic cables to Wikileaks .... who are now being accused of being stooges for Russian intelligence. I do not know if President Obama will pardon Chelsea Manning .... but the irony of it all if he does will leave me speechless.