Chelsea Manning Snubbed via Harvard by CIA, Speaking Out

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https://www.hks.harvard.edu/announcements/statement-dean-elmendorf-regarding-invitation-chelsea-manning-be-visiting-fellow
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/18/i-did-the-best-i-could-chelsea-manning-hits-back-at-traitor-accusations
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chelsea-manning-im-not-going-to-be-intimidated-by-the-cia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/15/chelsea-manning-harvard-kennedy-school
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/whistleblower-chelsea-manning-techdirt-founder-mike-masnick-and-free-expression

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‘An Historic Embarrassment for American Academia’
In a confusing statement following the CIA pressure, Harvard’s Douglas
Elmendorf called extending the fellowship to Manning “a mistake.”
Elmendorf said the initial invitation to her was defensible but
neglected the impact of the “perceived honor that it implies to some
people,” which opened up Harvard to criticism for hypocrisy in
honoring, among others, Sean Spicer, who repeatedly lied from the
White House podium as President Trump’s press secretary.

Manning’s invitation to address students of the school’s Institute of
Politics was denounced by Mike Pompeo, the CIA director who cancelled
an appearance at Harvard on Thursday, and by former deputy director of
the agency Mike Morell, who resigned his own visiting fellowship in
protest at what the two men described as the honoring of a “traitor”.

Details of the phone call were shared with the Guardian by a source
who was present at the time of the conversation. Manning had just
stepped off stage in San Francisco where she was receiving a global
freedom of information award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
(EFF).

When Elmendorf reached Manning on the phone he sounded audibly
nervous, the source said. He argued that Harvard had to “weigh” what
each visiting fellow “brought to the table”.

They noted what they suggested was the absurdity of honouring two
prominent members of a presidential campaign notorious for its bending
of the truth and controversial stances on race issues in America.

Elmendorf further alienated the Manning team by responding that Spicer
and Lewandowski “brought something to the table” and could teach the
Harvard audience something. That, for the recipients of the phone
conversation, implied that the whistleblower by contrast had nothing
to contribute.

Elmendorf’s decision to roll over just hours after the two CIA figures
protested has put the dean in a tight corner.


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