Daniel Ellsberg fears a US hit on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

[Bozita]

Source: Raw Story

Daniel Ellsberg fears a US hit on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
By Muriel Kane
Friday, June 11th, 2010 -- 7:17 pm

Daniel Ellsberg, who gained fame when he leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971 in hopes of ending the Vietnam War, told MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan on Friday that he not only sees a parallel between himself and the person who recently leaked a video of an assault by US forces on Iraqi civilians but also fears for the safety of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who published the video.

Army specialist Bradley Manning was recently arrested in the case, and according to reporter Philip Shenon, the Pentagon is "desperately" seeking Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in hopes of preventing further damaging revelations.

Noting that since his own prosecution under the Espionage Act "for revealing information to the American public" almost 40 years ago there had been only two other similar indictments prior to the current administration, Ellsberg stated angrily, "President Obama, who came in promising transparency in government and to end the excessive secrecy has totally violated that pledge. ... That's really not the kind of change I voted for when I voted for him."

Philip Shenon, who was appearing along with Ellsberg, told Ratigan that Assange "was supposed to appear this evening at a panel in Las Vegas ... but he apparently canceled on them at the last minute. ... He said last week at New York gathering that he had been instructed by his lawyers not to return to the United States."

Read more: http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0611/daniel-ellsberg-fears-hit-wikileaks-founder/

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I've looked for the video on Youtube. No luck.

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[Go2Peace]

2. we truly seem to be moving to 1984. Transparancy? Truth? Information Regulation is our future

and *both* parties seem to think that is the way to go.

The latest arrest was for a video of a helicopter shooting innocent civilians. There should be PROTECTIONS in a just Democracy for exposing that kind of shit!

[PDJane]

3. No, it's not on you tube......

It does link to Ratigan's show.

I have to say, however, that this sort of sh** is SOP for the Pentagon.

[man4allcats]

4. See the video

here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It0LCqnsgNg

Caution! It is graphic.

[boppers]

5. I thought Ellsberg was assassinated?

If we're running around assassinating Ellsberg, Chavez, Castro, (etc. etc.), we're not exactly doing something right. Or at all.

[tavalon]

6. Have you noticed what a newshound Julian Assange is lately?

He knows this and he knows the only way to avert it is to be standing in the public limelight as much as possible right now. Smart, smart man.

[SeattleGirl]

7. Hmmm, I was just thinking the same thing about Ellsberg. n/t

[Manifestor_of_Light]

8. Profile of Assange in June 7th issue of the New Yorker.

Good stuff.

[Papa Boule]

9. Well, executive-ordered assassinations are okay now, you know. n/t