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To: maggief
Ellsberg, the former Defense Department official who leaked the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam war, estimated it was his 70th arrest for various protests since the 1970s.

"Those of us who finally saw through the Vietnam war saw through this war, and all the actions that were necessary to end the Vietnam war will be necessary here," Ellsberg said Wednesday before his arrest. "I think the American people will get us out of this (war)."

Ellsberg became famous for his release of the secret documents, which indicated the government had deceived the public about whether the Vietnam war could be won and the extent of casualties.

Leaking government documents on national security? Isn't that a crime?

42 posted on 11/23/2005 1:26:12 PM PST by weegee (Christmas - the holiday that dare not speak its name.)
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To: weegee

Not if you're a 'rat.


60 posted on 11/23/2005 1:36:07 PM PST by maggief
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To: weegee

The interesting thing about it is he was the one, I think, who actually wrote the negative documents he eventually stole.


72 posted on 11/23/2005 1:55:12 PM PST by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: weegee
"Those of us who finally saw through the Vietnam war saw through this war, and all the actions that were necessary to end the Vietnam war will be necessary here," Ellsberg said Wednesday before his arrest. "I think the American people will get us out of this (war)."

Releasing secret DoD information - TRAITOR. The Libs want in the worst way for Viet Nam/Watergate II. They are just going nuts trying to make it happen. I feel truly sorry for these traitors that they have no one to spend Thanksgiving with (having probably shunned their families. Oh I know their family is headed by Mother Sheehan, the ditch b$tch).

100 posted on 11/23/2005 7:36:35 PM PST by p23185 (Why isn't attempting to take down a sitting Pres & his Admin considered Sedition?)
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