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Daniel Ellsberg: In Hearing Bradley Manning Acts Out of Conscience = Secret Tape (Original Post)
Coyotl
Mar 2013
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Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)1. Ellsberg's on Fire. Huge Rec. n/t
blackspade
(10,056 posts)2. +1000
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)3. A true American hero.
He (as with Bradley Manning), acted when others would have shrunk at the thought of upbraiding the powers that be for their atrocities against humanity -- all for filthy lucre. He didn't have to. He could have stuck his head in the sand like most. But he answered the call of conscience when it came.
K&R
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)4. Times have changed. Now we need secret recordings to know what happens in secret courts.
How many people disappear into that system without a limelight on their existence?
Also, who risked what to get this secret recording to the public?
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)5. Good points, all. n/t
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)6. I agree they have changed.
Fewer heroes. More atrocities. More sheep. More boot.
- But you have to realize you're a slave, before you'll try to escape the plantation.....