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Showing Original Post only (View all)Daniel Ellsberg Sees Bradley Manning's Conviction As The BEGINNING OF THE POLICE STATE [View all]
The NSA surveillance of millions of emails and phone calls. The dogged pursuit of whistleblower Edward Snowden across the globe, regardless of the diplomatic fallout. And the sentencing of Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for giving a cache of government files to the website WikiLeaks. Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg sees these events as signs that the United States is becoming a police state.
"We have not only the capability of a police state, but certain beginnings of it right now," Ellsberg said. "And I absolutely agree with Edward Snowden. It's worth a person's life, prospect of assassination, or life in prison or life in exile -- it's worth that to try to restore our liberties and make this a democratic country."
"We have not only the capability of a police state, but certain beginnings of it right now," Ellsberg said. "And I absolutely agree with Edward Snowden. It's worth a person's life, prospect of assassination, or life in prison or life in exile -- it's worth that to try to restore our liberties and make this a democratic country."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/daniel-ellsberg-bradley-manning_n_3793199.html
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Segami
Aug 2013
OP
seems you don't know the difference between a whistle blower and a common thief nt
Cryptoad
Aug 2013
#37
Good, now we are getting somewhere. Can you explain why what Ellsberg did is different
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#47
I didn't expect an answer. Not unless Ellsberg gets firmly and permanently thrown under
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#49
That "common thief" got 35 years in prison. More time than those that actually sold information to
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#54
Yep, all it will take is another disaster, real or fabricated, to bring the whole police
Nay
Aug 2013
#29
On June 8th, Obama's Whistleblower-Protection Promise Was Removed from Official Website
Segami
Aug 2013
#10
As much as I admire and respect Ellsberg (probably about as much as any other living
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#16
That 'Department of Homeland Security' does have a post-Jan 30, 1933 ring to it, doesn't it? I think
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#40
Whoosh - that's the sound of Ellsberg being thrown under the bus. Who's next? I vote
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#41
If true that you know him, your post reveals more about you than about Ellsberg's character.
LiberalAndProud
Aug 2013
#50
The Authoritarian State of USofA has crossed the Rubicon. They arent turning back.
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#56
A compelling reason a police state is a reality is big brother knows the people are
indepat
Aug 2013
#59
I love his MLK avatar, but what do I know...I'd also like to see GW Bush in a Che t-shirt.
DisgustipatedinCA
Aug 2013
#67