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struggle4progress

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14. Mr Ellsberg's statement makes no sense: the current President

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 12:03 PM

Jul 2013

was not yet ten years old at the time Ellsberg exposed the Pentagon Papers. Back then, Hoover was still in control of the FBI and used the agency to disrupt political movements he disliked and to discredit people he thought threatened his power. Nixon, then in the White House, was engaged in a variety of ugly activities, such as using the IRS to harass his political opponents

Mr Ellsberg is, of course, free to dislike Mr Obama. But Ellsberg's statement is nonsensical because it is impossible to imagine Mr Obama as President in 1971, just as it is impossible to imagine that there would be much outrage if somebody in 2013 leaked a now forty-some year old study of the relations between the US and Vietnam covering 1964-1967

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Daniel Ellsberg: �I�m Sure That President Obama Would Have Sought A Life Sentence In My Case� [View all] polly7 Jul 2013 OP

I'm sure of that too. Autumn Jul 2013 #1

Had people not voted for Richard Nixon, the war would have ended 6 years earlier. nt graham4anything Jul 2013 #2

apropos of nothing Ed Suspicious Jul 2013 #3

appropos of everything. graham4anything Jul 2013 #4

absolutely it is everything. It is amazing how they setup Obama as the straw dog, but ignore the still_one Jul 2013 #6

and so would have any other administration, Democrat or republican including FDR. Lets forget still_one Jul 2013 #5

and they well know, tearing down Obama will lead to Jeb Bush in 2016. graham4anything Jul 2013 #7

And Donald Trump would have had him executed on television. no_hypocrisy Jul 2013 #8

Yep, and some here would be wetting their pants in glee. See above. nt. polly7 Jul 2013 #9

The entire right-wing universe, including its intersection with DU, now uses "leaker" Doctor_J Jul 2013 #10

I think Mr Ellsberg is showing signs of senility struggle4progress Jul 2013 #11

you got him! Enrique Jul 2013 #12

i'm sensing a pattern Enrique Jul 2013 #13

Mr Ellsberg's statement makes no sense: the current President struggle4progress Jul 2013 #14

Ellsberg will so enjoy the oRangeman/tuRtleman Regime that will be installed by Amonester Jul 2013 #15

Ellsberg has been consistently on the side of transparency. LiberalAndProud Jul 2013 #16