CBS: ‘The Irony’ U.S. Accusing WikiLeaks of Influencing the Election and Commuting Manning

[excerpt O DONNELL So ░░░░░░░░ Obama said yesterday that ░░░░░░░░ commuted Chelsea Manning s ░░░░░░░░ because she accepted responsibility ░░░░░░░░ then expressed remorse What ░░░░░░░░ does this raise SENOR ░░░░░░░░ questions particularly where our ░░░░░░░░ security community came down ░░░░░░░░ it Presumably he sought ░░░░░░░░ recommendations of them and ░░░░░░░░ what I understand the ░░░░░░░░ was was to not ░░░░░░░░ go forward with this ░░░░░░░░ When bin Laden s ░░░░░░░░ was raid in Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ the compound they found ░░░░░░░░ from the Bradley Manning ░░░░░░░░ In other words bin ░░░░░░░░ according to court transcripts ░░░░░░░░ requested these documents What ░░░░░░░░ in these documents that ░░░░░░░░ Laden had Information that ░░░░░░░░ U S forces had ░░░░░░░░ Afghan informants the names ░░░░░░░░ Afghan informants key secrets ░░░░░░░░ were you know indispensable ░░░░░░░░ a U S army ░░░░░░░░ in Afghanistan They put ░░░░░░░░ at risks and suddenly ░░░░░░░░ got into bin bin ░░░░░░░░ s hands who was ░░░░░░░░ attacks terror attacks in ░░░░░░░░ This is why the ░░░░░░░░ security community is so ░░░░░░░░ in arms that this ░░░░░░░░ is being released from ░░░░░░░░ O DONNELL I mean ░░░░░░░░ irony at the time ░░░░░░░░ that the U S ░░░░░░░░ agency is accusing WikiLeaks ░░░░░░░░ influencing the election SENOR ░░░░░░░░ You crosstalk O DONNELL ░░░░░░░░ to commute her sentence ░░░░░░░░ Absolutely At the exact ░░░░░░░░ that that that the ░░░░░░░░ and the White House ░░░░░░░░ just WikiLeaks but making ░░░░░░░░ big deal about Julian ░░░░░░░░ and Donald Trump citing ░░░░░░░░ Julian Assange and Julian ░░░░░░░░ was the vessel through ░░░░░░░░ these the Manning documents ░░░░░░░░ onto the public domain ░░░░░░░░ into terrorists hands MASON ░░░░░░░░ do you think there ░░░░░░░░ anything more to hear ░░░░░░░░ perhaps that President Obama ░░░░░░░░ trying to box President ░░░░░░░░ Trump in about dealing ░░░░░░░░ this kind of information ░░░░░░░░ any way SEONR I ░░░░░░░░ t think there is ░░░░░░░░ much in that I ░░░░░░░░ there was a lot ░░░░░░░░ pressure from the organized ░░░░░░░░ the ACLU and other ░░░░░░░░ MASON Yes SENOR because ░░░░░░░░ transgender issues and and ░░░░░░░░ Manning s suicide attempts ░░░░░░░░ think that s part ░░░░░░░░ it The other part ░░░░░░░░ it is it s ░░░░░░░░ in those documents there ░░░░░░░░ information revealed about atrocities ░░░░░░░░ really bad regimes that ░░░░░░░░ that one could argue ░░░░░░░░ address those atrocities and ░░░░░░░░ governments responsible for them ░░░░░░░░ said it s not ░░░░░░░░ Manning selectively released those ░░░░░░░░ he released you know ░░░░░░░░ 000 documents some of ░░░░░░░░ were affected the U ░░░░░░░░ army KING All right ░░░░░░░░ Always good to see ░░░░░░░░ O DONNELL Yeah SENOR ░░░░░░░░ to be with you.”