[GVIrish]

If Manning had only leaked the video in an attempt to bring light on what she perceived as a war crime, she would've had a case as a whistleblower. Indiscriminately leaking thousands of documents where she had no idea of the contents, is not whistleblowing. That's why she ended up with the sentence that she did.

[beaconstudios]

and yet her sentence was commuted where Snowden remains a fugitive.