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How do you square attacking WikiLeaks with commuting Army Pfc. Manning’s sentence?

By Becket Adams
Published January 18, 2017 2:19am ET
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How do you square attacking WikiLeaks with commuting Army Pfc. Manning’s sentence?
Chelsea Manning pulled off the largest leak of classified intelligence in U.S. history. Manning was charged in 2010 with leaking approximately 750,000 documents that included U.S. military intelligence from Iraq and Afghanistan and diplomatic communications to WikiLeaks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) | Patrick Semansky

President Obama commuted the sentences of 209 individuals Tuesday, including an Army private who is serving a 35-year stretch for leaking thousands of pages of classified intelligence to the hacking group WikiLeaks.

The president’s decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s (nee Bradley Manning) sentence seems an odd one, considering the White House’s post-election remarks characterizing WikiLeaks as an enemy of the United States.

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