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Military Affairs Fellow, Democracy for the Arab World Now; Associate Director for Policy and Campaigns, Win Without War ????
Former US Army major; former executive officer, Defense Intelligence Agency, Middle East/Africa.
Harrison resigned because of US “nearly unqualified support” for the government of Israel.’ Mann said he feared his role enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians.”
He wrote:
“.. as the descendant of European Jews, I was raised in a particularly unforgiving moral environment when it came to the topic of bearing responsibility for ethnic cleansing–my grandfather refused to ever purchase products manufactured in Germany–where the paramount importance of ‘never again’ and the inadequacy of ‘just following orders’ were oft repeated. I am haunted by the knowledge I have failed those principles. But I also have hope my grandfather would afford me some grace, that he would be proud of me for stepping aside, however belatedly. ”—Harrison Mann resignation letter from the Biden Administration, officially submitted November 1, 2024; internally distributed, April 16, 2025; publicly posted on LinkedIn, May 13, 2025