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<h1 id="reader-title">Harvard Caves to CIA Pressure, Revokes
Chelsea Manning's Fellowship<br>
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<div id="reader-estimated-time">September 15, 2017<br>
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<p>Harvard University offered Chelsea Manning a position
as a visiting fellow in the John F Kennedy school of
government, but revoked it after receiving backlash and
pressure from top current and former CIA officials.</p>
<p>“This is what a military/police/intel state looks
like... the CIA determines what is and is not taught at
Harvard,” Chelsea manning Tweeted shortly after Harvard
revoked her offer under CIA pressure. “Honored to be 1st
disinvited trans woman visiting Harvard fellow. They
chill marginalized voices under CIA pressure.”</p>
<p>The Harvard Kennedy School of government had announced
on Wednesday that it was inviting Manning to be a
visiting fellow in their school, and to speak at a
forum.</p>
<p>Following the announcement, current CIA Director Mike
Pompeo canceled his own speaking arrangement at Harvard,
writing a letter to Harvard chastising them for hosting
Manning, whom he called an “American traitor.”</p>
<p>“My conscience and duty to the men and women of the
Central Intelligence Agency will not permit me to betray
their trust by appearing to support Harvard's decision
with my appearance.”</p>
<p>Former CIA Deputy Director, Michael Morell, who was a
Senior Fellow at Harvard, resigned with an open letter
to the school, saying that he “cannot be part of an
organization... that honors a convicted felon and leaker
of classified information.”</p>
<p>In response to Morell's resignation from Harvard,
Chelsea Manning tweeted “good.”</p>
<p>After the pressure from the two top United States
intelligence officials, Douglas Elmendorf, the dean of
the Harvard Kennedy School decided to backpedal on his
decision to bring Manning into the school, saying it was
a "mistake."</p>
<p>“I know think that designating Chelsea Manning as a
visiting fellow was a mistake, for which I accept
responsibility. I see more clearly now that many people
view a visiting fellow title as an honorific, so we
should weigh that consideration when offering
invitations,” Elmendorf said in a statement.</p>
<p>The dean said that the invitation to speak and “spend a
day at the Kennedy School” was still open to Manning
however.</p>
<p>“It doesn't surprise me that an institution that has
produced many of our most dangerous war criminals and
architects of our military and prison apparatuses would
remain beholden to the state,” ACLU lawyer and
transgender rights activist, Chase Strangio said in a
tweeted statement.</p>
<p>“Chelsea is a beacon of humor, brilliance and
resilience in a time where her words and leadership are
needed more than ever,” Strangio continued.</p>
<p>The 29-year-old Chelsea Manning was released in May of
2017 after seven years of confinement in a U.S. military
prison after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks
revealing information about the Iraq and Afghanistan
wars. Although originally sentenced to 35 years in 2013,
her sentence was commuted by President Obama in 2016.
She was formerly a U.S. Army soldier.</p>
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