Free Chelsea Manning-President Obama Pardon Chelsea Now! 

No question the case of heroic Wikileaks whistle-blower Chelsea Manning had fallen below the radar for the general public since her trial down at Fort Meade in Maryland where she was convicted and sentenced to thirty-five years for multiple charges including espionage in August 2013. (She was tried by the military under the birth name Bradley Manning and has subsequently had her name legally changed in a Kansas court.) Some of that fall-off would be expected even in a high profile case once the verdict was in and the case was taken off the front page and into the wrangle of appellate legal proceedings.  Important people, including the heroic whistle-blower Edward Snowden, still sign petitions and sent birthday greetings and the like and Chelsea has occasional Op-Ed and other media changes to make her views known to a candid world but what she needs is a renewed effort to get a pardon from President Obama who has the legal authority to grant such a request. I urge everybody to sign the Amnesty International on-line petition to put pressure on President Obama to do so.