The Despicable Commutation of Private Manning and the Media’s Love Affair With Barack Obama

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The Despicable Commutation of Private Manning and the Media’s Love Affair With Barack Obama

Listen to the Trumpet Daily radio program that aired on January 18, 2017.

Pvt. Bradley Manning was serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking top-secret documents that jeopardized America’s national security. He turned the documents over to Wikileaks, an anti-American activist group. On Tuesday, against wishes of his defense secretary and top Army leaders, President Barack Obama commuted Manning’s sentence. What is behind this last-minute decision to free Private Manning? Listen to Stephen Flurry explain on today’s Trumpet Daily Radio Show.

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