For some reason, I think that Manning will be free much sooner, or the US will be in deep trouble. Not so much because of him, but I think that there are only t

For some reason, I think that Manning will be free much sooner, or the US will be in deep trouble. Not so much because of him, but I think that there are only two possibilities, either the US cut the security industrial complex serverly, or the deep state will take over. In the latter case, the US will loose its 'soft power,' and would face an empire breaking apart. On the other hand, if a administration would return to a reasonable security policies, then one of the first things they would do is to pardon Bradley Manning.