Manning Case:The Ex Dept of State Spokesman Who Was Forced Out is Vindicated The vindication of P.J. Crowley

BY JUSTIN ELLIOTT

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P.J. Crowley

Ever since P.J. Crowley resigned as State Department spokesman last month following his public criticism of the Pentagon's treatment of Bradley Manning, he has become, through a steady stream of tweets and media appearances, one of the more compelling foreign policy analysts out there.

Gone was the Crowley whose job was to toe the official line. The new Crowley has been free to be critical of the administration -- while still offering valuable insights into the official thinking on a range of issues. A recent Politico profilereported that Crowley was already headed toward the door when he made his Manning comments -- but the ensuing flap cost him an ambassadorship.

Just this week, Crowley was vindicated when the Pentagon moved Manning -- the soldier charged with leaking classified information to WikiLeaks -- from solitary confinement at Quantico, Va., to a medium-security facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

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