Harvard announced it was a "mistake" to name Manning a visiting fellow.
"We did not intend to honor her in any way or to endorse any of her words or deeds, as we do not honor or endorse any Fellow," Dean of Harvard Kennedy School Douglas W. Elmendorf said in a statement.
The decision to withdraw the offer to Manning came after CIA Director Mike Pompeo abruptly pulled out of a planned appearance at Harvard Thursday following the school's earlier announcement on Manning. He was scheduled to participate in a Harvard Kennedy School forum.
"I am writing to confirm that I will not be speaking at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum," Pompeo wrote in a letter. "......However, after much deliberation in the wake of Harvard's announcement of American traitor Chelsea Manning as a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Politics, 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 at tonight's event."
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