Manning To Seek Obama Pardon

Former Army intelligence analyst Pfc. Bradley Manning is planning to formally request a pardon from President Obama, his lawyer said Wednesday. Manning’s attorney, David Coombs, told reporters at Fort Meade, Md., that Manning would apply for a presidential pardon after he was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison on charges of espionage. Coombs said that Manning would tell Obama that he acted “out of a love to my country, and a sense of duty to others,” according to The Guardian . Manning was given a 35-year prison sentence Wednesday by Army Judge Col. Denise Lind for his role in leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks. It was a shorter sentence than the 60 years prosecutors had sought / Jeremy Herb , SR. More here . (AP file photo)

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