WikiLeaks hails Manning clemency, makes no mention of pledge - News Summed Up

WikiLeaks hails Manning clemency, makes no mention of pledge


WikiLeaks said President Barack Obama may have saved Chelsea Manning's life by granting clemency to the former Army intelligence analyst Tuesday. But the secret-spilling site said little about founder Julian Assange's promise that he would agree to extradition to the United States if Manning got clemency. The statement came after Obama announced that Manning would be released May 17, cutting her sentence for leaking classified government and military documents by almost 30 years. She added that WikiLeaks has yet to learn from U.S. and British authorities whether the American government has requested Assange's extradition to the United States. Taylor didn't respond to a later email message asking why Assange made no mention of his pledge in his statement.


Source: Fox News January 18, 2017 00:35 UTC



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