Video Harvard On Chelsea Manning Decision: It Was A Mistake

Harvard Invited Chelsea Manning to be a Visiting Fellow, then rescinded that invitation. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Jimmy Dore the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Sign the petition here: https://tytnetwork.com/harvard

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“The Harvard University Institute of Politics’ invitation for Chelsea Manning to serve as a visiting fellow for the 2017-18 academic year “was a mistake” and is being withdrawn, the dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government said Friday.

“I now think that designating Chelsea Manning as a Visiting Fellow was a mistake, for which I accept responsibility,” Douglas Elmendorf said in a statement Friday. “Therefore, we are withdrawing the invitation to her to serve as a Visiting Fellow—and the perceived honor that it implies to some people—while maintaining the invitation for her to spend a day at the Kennedy School and speak in the Forum.”

The IOP announced Manning as a visiting fellow on Wednesday alongside former Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who would join former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

But the invitation to Manning, a transgender woman who was arrested in 2010 for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, prompted backlash from top national security officials. Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell resigned his post Thursday as a senior fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center in protest to the invitation to Manning, and CIA Director Mike Pompeo canceled a scheduled speaking appearance at the Kennedy School later Thursday.”

Read more here: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/cia-michael-morell-quits-harvard-chelsea-manning-242738

Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore

Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore

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