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

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SENOR: "What were in these documents that bin Laden had? Information that our U.S. forces had on Afghan informants, the names of Afghan informants, key secrets that were, you know, indispensable to a U.S. army operations in Afghanistan. They put lives at risks, and suddenly they got into bin -- bin Laden's hands who was planning attacks -- terror attacks in Afghanistan. This is why the national security community is so up in arms that this person is being released from prison.”
O’DONNELL: “I mean, the irony at the time that — that the U.S. intelligence agency is accusing WikiLeaks of influencing the election —“
SENOR: “Right. You —“ [crosstalk]
O’DONNELL: “— then to commute her sentence.”
SENOR: “Absolutely."