Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., on Tuesday evening issued a scathing statement in response to President Obama’s commutation of Chelsea Manning and the transfer of Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard from Guantanamo Bay.

“President Obama has commuted the sentence of a traitor who leaked thousands of classified documents, putting our national security and our men and women in uniform at risk,” Cheney said in a statement.