The Next 'Pentagon Papers'
Exposing governmental lies, be it on Vietnam or Iraq, carries a heavy but necessary risk.After 17 months observing pacification efforts in Vietnam as a state department official, I laid eyes upon an...
View ArticleWhat Every American Should Know -- and Do -- Before the FISA Vote
With the Senate's FISA vote delayed, we have one more chance to sway Congress -- and Obama -- to reject this dangerous legislation.Tomorrow could mark the beginning of official condoning of warrantless...
View ArticleHiroshima Day: America Has Been Asleep at the Wheel for 64 Years
Deceptions about our nuclear weapons have "threatened the survival of the human species."It was a hot August day in Detroit. I was standing on a street corner downtown, looking at the front page of The...
View ArticleWikiLeaks' Latest Document Dump Is Largest Intel Leak in US History -- Daniel...
The US government is racing to prepare for the fallout.The whistleblowing group WikiLeakshas released up to 400,000 US intelligence reports on the Iraq War. The disclosure is the biggest leak in US...
View ArticleEllsberg: Let's Not Have Illusions About Which of the Two Major Candidates...
Advice to progressives in swing states, vote for reelection. An activist colleague recently said to me: “I hear you’re supporting Obama.”I was startled, and took offense. “Supporting Obama? Me?!”“I...
View ArticleEdward Snowden: Saving Us from the United Stasi of America
Snowden's whistleblowing gives us a chance to roll back what is tantamount to an 'executive coup' against the US constitutionIn my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important...
View ArticleDaniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden, Saving Us From the United Stasi of America
Snowden's whistleblowing gives us a chance to roll back what is tantamount to an 'executive coup' against the US constitution. In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important...
View ArticleOpen Letter To Government Employees From Whistleblowers
"Hidden away in offices of various government departments and intelligence agencies are dozens of people who are very much upset by what our societies are turning into. One of them is you."At least...
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