{"id":63613,"date":"2017-01-17T21:21:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T01:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=63613"},"modified":"2017-01-17T21:22:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T01:22:00","slug":"what-will-julian-assange-do-now-that-bradley-manning-will-be-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=63613","title":{"rendered":"What will Julian Assange do now that Bradley Manning will be released?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"article\">Assange Will Approve His Extradition to US If Chelsea Manning Is Released<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>By Jeffrey Rodack<br \/>\nNEWMAX<\/p>\n<p>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will agree to be extradited to the U.S. if President Barack Obama grants clemency to whistleblower Chelsea Manning.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was posted on Twitter by WikiLeaks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MZU30SlfGK\">https:\/\/t.co\/MZU30SlfGK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/819630102787059713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Assange has spent the last five years in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he sought political asylum. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4633920\/wikileaks-julian-assange-extradition-chelsea-manning\/\"><strong>Time magazine<\/strong><\/a>, he is trying to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces sexual-assault charges.<\/p>\n<p>He claims if he is taken to Sweden, the U.S. might attempt to extradite him to face possible espionage charges.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst, is serving a 35-year sentence in Fort Leavenworth prison. She has admitted leaking about 700,000 documents, diplomatic cables and other classified material to WikiLeaks, according to Time.<\/p>\n<p>Manning petitioned Obama in November to commute her sentence to time served, which has been just over six years, Time reports.<\/p>\n<p>She has accepted full responsibility for her actions, but maintains she &#8220;did not intend to harm the interest of the United States or harm any service members,&#8221; the magazine says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/army-leaker-chelsea-manning-obama-s-short-list-commutation-n705441\"><strong>NBC News<\/strong><\/a>, quoting an unidentified Justice Department source, reports Manning is on a short list for a possible sentence commutation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have more hope right now than I have the entire time since she was sentenced,&#8221; Manning&#8217;s aunt, Deborah Manning, told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Newsfront\/Julian-Assange-Approve-Extradition-Chelsea-Manning\/2017\/01\/13\/id\/768396\/\">http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Newsfront\/Julian-Assange-Approve-Extradition-Chelsea-Manning\/2017\/01\/13\/id\/768396\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assange Will Approve His Extradition to US If Chelsea Manning Is Released<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}