Five Reasons that President Obama Was Right to Commute Chelsea Manning 's Sentence . 
On Tuesday , three days before the end of Barack Obama 's term as President , the White House announced that he had commuted the sentences of two hundred and nine people , including Private Chelsea Manning , who was arrested , in 2010 , for giving hundreds of thousands of files classified as secret -- the revelation of which caused diplomatic tumult and other difficulties for the United States -- to WikiLeaks . 
Perhaps Obama has , to some extent , realized that his Administration 's leak-chasing was not the practice most protective of American democracy . 
Under Obama 's order , she will be released in May , after being incarcerated for more than six years . 
Here are five reasons that Obama 's decision on Manning was the right and just move . 
This one seems to have really mattered to Obama .
On Tuesday , three days before the end of [TGT] term as President , the White House announced that he had commuted the sentences of two hundred and nine people , including Private Chelsea Manning , who was arrested , in 2010 , for giving hundreds of thousands of files classified as secret -- the revelation of which caused diplomatic tumult and other difficulties for the United States -- to WikiLeaks . 
Perhaps [TGT] has , to some extent , realized that [TGT] Administration 's leak-chasing was not the practice most protective of American democracy . 
Under [TGT] 's order , [TGT] will be released in May , after being incarcerated for more than six years . 
Here are five reasons that [TGT] 's decision on Manning was the right and just move . 
This one seems to have really mattered to [TGT] .