MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Chelsea Manning says she was denied entry to Canada
By artappraiser on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 11:35pm |By Associated Press via Washington Post, Sept. 25
OTTAWA, Ontario — Chelsea Manning said Monday she was denied entry into Canada because of her criminal record in the United States.
The transgender woman was known as Bradley Manning when she was convicted in 2013 of leaking a trove of classified documents. She was released after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence, which was commuted by President Barack Obama in his final days in office.
On Monday, she posted a letter from Canadian immigration officials to her Twitter account that said she was not admitted because she was convicted of offenses deemed equivalent to treason in Canada. She had tried to cross at the official border office at Lacolle, Quebec, on Friday.
Manning said she would challenge the decision [....]
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