Chelsea Manning (U.S. Army)

Timeline

1. 2013-08-21U.S. Army court-martial sentence: 35 years' imprisonment¹
2. 2017-01-17President Obama commutes the prison sentence, to expire May 17, 2017¹

Verified facts

• The listed offenses include six specifications of willful communication of national defense information, five of stealing or converting U.S. government records, one of wrongful and wanton publication of intelligence to the internet, and five of failure to obey an order or regulation.¹
• The Army posts court-martial records released under FOIA in its FOIA Reading Room.²

Editorial notes

• The case's framing is contested (whistleblower vs. leaker). Attribute each framing to its source. Only the legal record is stated as fact.

Sources

1. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/17/president-obama-grants-commutations-and-pardons · Wayback
2. https://foia.army.mil/Home/publicRecords/92 · Wayback