To: President Donald Trump
Free Chelsea Manning
President Obama should commute the sentence of heroic whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who has been in prison since 2010 for exposing the killing of journalists and civilians in Baghdad in July 2007.
Why is this important?
I believe whistleblowers like Manning should be rewarded, not punished,
for exposing crimes, like the unnecessary killing of civilians and journalists. The Obama administration has punished more whistleblowers than any other president. By commuting Manning's sentence, Obama can show he values honesty over suppression of the truth.