American whistleblower Chelsea Manning says Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo cannot “intimidate” her from speaking out on political issues.
The transgender activist made the comments in an interview with The Daily Beast on Tuesday, accusing the intelligence community of attempts to “stifle dissent” after she was banned from lecturing at Harvard University.
“What’s important here is that the Central Intelligence Agency and associated people in the intelligence community, they think they can stifle dissent, all forms of dissent, all across America and use academic institutions as a battleground,” Manning said. “I’m not going to be afraid and I’m not going to be intimidated.”
Last month,…