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
national security, to commute private manning s sentence is disappointing. reporter: in 2007, 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 massive verbmass ive ripple effect in the united states and around the world and putting wikileaks on the map for future leakers such as edward snowden. manning s disclosures included videos of usair strikes in baghdad that launched worldwide discussions about their morality. the stolen files included embarrassing diplomatic cables. manning confided in an online social security about the disclosures who then alerted authorities. manning was arrested in 2010 for leaking classified information. during the court-martial trial, prosecutors argued manning was a traitor to the united states. but the defense said manning was a naive whistle-blower who wanted to shed ligh
deaths, a lot of that blood is on his hands. to release these people is treasonous, and the son of a bitch ought to be sent to the hague and tried for war crimes. that s my soft comment. the position of the united states is they want and have to sign the agreement, and president obama said there will be several thousand troops to try to keep the peace, but is that even possible in this scenario? i would think not. during one of those sound bites, someone from the five gave the finger to hamid karzai, but he continues to give the finger back to us. bob is right, he stole hundreds of thousands of u.s. aid going into his bank accounts. his brother is a known opium dealer, war lord. we spent nearly a trillion dollars there over 12 years. there are about 30 million people in afghanistan. most of them live outside of the major cities. most of them live in, you know, kind of villages and what not.
gold. forget american treasure and deaths, a lot of that blood is on his hands. to release these people is treasonous, and the son of a bitch ought to be sent to the hague and tried for war crimes. that s my soft comment. the position of the united states is they want and have to sign the agreement, and president obama said there will be several thousand troops to try to keep the peace, but is that even possible in this scenario? i would think not. during one of those sound bites, someone from the five gave the finger to hamid karzai, but he continues to give the finger back to us. bob is right, he stole hundreds of thousands of u.s. aid going into his bank accounts. his brother is a known opium dealer, war lord. we spent nearly a trillion dollars there over 12 years. there are about 30 million people in afghanistan. most of them live outside of the major cities. most of them live in, you know,
shepard: thank you. three officials in the bankrupt california city stole hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars and now they want more taxpayer money to pay their legal bills. attorneys for the mayor, and council woman and another man, former councilman have all filed court documents that indicate the city should cover their expenses. the lawyers say their clients have done nothing legally wrong. they paid themselves six figure salaries while holding fake meetings. the country has become home based for al qaeda or one of them, and it is also home to a radical cleric who inspired attack again the united states, our top diplomat in yemen for a historic trip that speaks volumes about the urgent situation there. details ahead.