He willingly violated his security clearance and military code of conduct. Manning is of  below average intelligence and should have been screened out during recruitment.  He caused a lot of damage and were this 1960 he would have been hung or shot. Seven years is enough for this person and she should finish her duties and be released from service. Write that book, marry Ed Snowden and live happily ever after in Moscow.  What a fairy tale it will be.