“I now think that designating Chelsea Manning as a visiting fellow was a mistake, for which I accept responsibility,” said the dean of the Kennedy School, Douglas Elmendorf. CIA (@CIA) CIA Director Withdraws from Harvard Kennedy School Forum pic.twitter.com/N7YKyGy9H4Pompeo said the whistleblower, who was convicted by court-martial in 2013 of disclosing classified documents, had endangered lives. “I cannot be part of an organisation – the Kennedy school – that honours a convicted felon and leaker of classified information,” he said. On Thursday, Douglas Elmendorf, the dean of the Kennedy school of government, was forced to call off Pompeo’s event at the 11th hour. “We will try to reschedule it as soon as we can, but the CIA director, is obviously, in charge of his schedule,” Elmendorf said.

Source: The Guardian September 15, 2017 04:06 UTC