While I also agree Manning deserves a pardon, to be fair, he was significantly more careless than Snowden.
Basically all the arguments (lies) they use to damn Snowden can be fairly applied to Manning.
Basically all the arguments (lies) they use to damn Snowden can be fairly applied to Manning.
Yes, she was less careful and less precise and made more mistakes. She was younger than Snowden, more scared than Snowden, not thinking as straight as Snowden, perhaps even not as smart as Snowden (who appears to really be a genius of some kind). Snowden also had the benefit of learning from and being inspired by her mistakes. But her motivation was the same and 'crime' was more or less the same. And she's stuck in prison being denied medical care she needs, while Snowden is living a more or less free (compared to military prison!) life in exile.
Manning needs a pardon or commutation, she did what she did for us, same as Snowden.
Vs a reporter should be smart enough to redact the sensitive bits and report in a general enough way as to not endanger any specific person (in the field).