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sentenced manning, then known as bradley manning, to a record 35 years for providing hundreds of thousands of government documents to wikileaks. details on all of that from our justice correspondent pamela brown. reporter: tonight in a shocking move president obama is allowing chelsea manning, the army private convicted of stealing and leaking hundreds of thousands of documents and videos, to be a free woman in may. for the president especially the president who s made so much recently about the danger that wikileaks has posed to our national security, to commute private manning s sentence is disappointing. reporter: in 2009, then known as bradley manning, the 22-year-old stole hundreds of thousands of classified and sensitive military files as an army intelligence analyst. manning then gave them to the website wikileaks, which published them, causing a mass ive ripple effect in the united states and around the world and putting wikileaks on the map for future leakers such as edw

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manning s disclosures included videos of usair strikes in baghdad that launched worldwide discussions about their morality. the stolen files also included embarrassing diplomatic cables. manning confided in an online associate about the disclosures who then alerted authorities. prosecutors argued manning was a traitor to the united states, but the defense says manning was a naive whistle-blower who wanted to shed light on human rights violations. manning pleaded guilty and delivered an apology to the court before the sentencing. manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy but found guilty on 20 other counts including violations under the espionage act and sentenced to 35 years in prison. the day after the sentencing, manning announced she wanted to live life as a woman. and a year later a judge granted manning s request for a formal name change from bradley to chelsea. behind bars, manning was maced on suicide watch after trying to kill herls twice in the last year.

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