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Twitter Users React to Manning Verdict

Supporters of the former Army intelligence officer said the 35-year jail sentence was too harsh, while others labeled him a traitor.

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Bradley Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who admitted sending classified documents to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks, has been sentenced to 35 years in jail. 

Twitter users immediately reacted to the news, with many arguing that the sentence was too stiff. Others labeled him a traitor and said he deserved a harsher sentence. 

Read through this Storify for a sampling of the reaction on Twitter. 

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