18-01-2017, 23:01
0762, like you I am sat on the fence a bit about this one. I do think anyone who leaks classified documents should be punished for doing so. The thing about this one is the length of the sentence that was handed down, it seems excessive compared to others who have been judged "traitors" for similar actions, so having served 7 years is probably enough and its worth remembering this is not a pardon or removal of a guilty conviction, its a reduction in sentence. Now had she released this material directly to a foreign government I think she would have been left to rot in jail, and probably rightly so!!
Of course the Republicans are up in arms over this and say it undermines the deterent to others doing this but as the article says their new Commander in Chief has himself publicly praised Wikileaks for releasing hacked classified documents when they pertained to Clinton or the Democrats!! They can't have it both ways and I wonder if this is one of the reasons why Obama did this.
Of course the Republicans are up in arms over this and say it undermines the deterent to others doing this but as the article says their new Commander in Chief has himself publicly praised Wikileaks for releasing hacked classified documents when they pertained to Clinton or the Democrats!! They can't have it both ways and I wonder if this is one of the reasons why Obama did this.