Here's the difference between Chelsea Manning's case and Edward S**wden's

[rss]

Here's the difference between Chelsea Manning's case and Edward S**wden's
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/UMiChsRN6UQwRn2Jo1Tt4BUat0w=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F351127%2F81b23edc-396f-4888-a694-61f8098c89aa.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Here%27s+the+difference+between+Chelsea+Manni ng%27s+case+and+Edward+S**wden%27s&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F01%2F17%2Fc helsea-manning-edward-s**wden%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F01 %2F17%2Fchelsea-manning-edward-s**wden%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
With the stunning news that a bulk of Chelsea Manning's remaining sentence has been commuted by President Obama, there's an obvious question in the air about that other infamous leaker of government document troves, Edward S**wden.*

Mainly: Why pardon Chelsea Manning, but **t Edward S**wden?

SEE ALSO: Obama commutes majority of Chelsea Manning's sentence (http://mashable.com/2017/01/17/chelsea-manning-barack-obama-sentence-commuted/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


It's easy to conflate the two, due in ** small part to the fact that S**wden issued his own heart-felt call (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/edward-s**wden-chelsea-manning-obama-pardon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) to Obama to commute Manning's sentence just last week.

Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency as you exit the White House, please: free Chelsea Manning. You alone can save her life.

— Edward S**wden (@S**wden) January 11, 2017 (https://twitter.com/S**wden/status/819177951040249856) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/17/chelsea-manning-edward-s**wden/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)



More about Wikileaks (http://mashable.com/category/wikileaks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Chelsea Manning (http://mashable.com/category/chelsea-manning/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Edward S**wden (http://mashable.com/category/edward-s**wden/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Politics (http://mashable.com/category/politics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/e_19Ep7ys_k