Posted on 09/26/2017 7:28:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Chelsea Manning was turned back at the Canadian-U.S. border because she was convicted of espionage for passing information to Wikileaks, the former U.S. intelligence analyst said on Monday.
Manning told Reuters via direct message on Twitter that she drove up to the Canadian border in Lacolle, Quebec, on Thursday evening, planning to vacation in Montreal and Vancouver.
She said she was stopped at the border and detained overnight before being handed a report stating she was inadmissible on grounds of serious criminality, according to a picture of the report she posted online.
The offenses Manning was convicted of under the U.S. Espionage Act would equate to an indictable offence, namely Treason if committed in Canada, the report reads.....
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Looks like the Canadians saved him a lot of mileage on his car.
Just returned from Canada on vacation. I am not a criminal and they welcomed my presence and the dollars I spent
Correction, “...he was denied...”
JoMa
I guess that saying freaks and traitors are real people too, and actually wanting them fouling up one’s country, are different things...
Bradley, you’re lucky our friends to the north didn’t give you a blindfold and a cigarette.
Nobody likes of trusts traitors.
Canada hasn’t elected an Obama yet.
oh, forget that felon, traitor business. S/he is a transexual. Nothing else matters.
And we take it pretty seriously. Cheer up, Manning. There’s always Seattle. Weather’s pretty similar this time of year.
Bart: And they was right.
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