Author of "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" and "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers."
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.@johnpilger, @unjoe and me on the extreme dangers to freedom of the press and to the American republic posed by the Assange extradition hearing (via @Consortiumnews): consortiumnews.com/2020/09/1…
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The American press has remained in denial for 40 years--since my case--that the Espionage Act has wording that could be aimed directly at them. Now they're staring down the barrel of that Act, which could be used against American journalists and publishers for doing journalism.
Pentagon Papers whistleblower @DanielEllsberg says Julian Assange's extradition trial puts U.S. journalists at risk. "The American press is staring right down the barrel at the use of the Espionage Act against American journalists and publishers for doing journalism."
Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange extradition trial
Daniel Ellsberg is a former defense analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971.
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Recap from @Consortiumnews of my testimony today in the Assange extradition hearing: consortiumnews.com/2020/09/1…
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Video recap of my testimony from @unjoe (starts at 12:34): consortiumnews.com/2020/09/1…
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Excellent recap by @richimedhurst (starts at 30:07): piped.video/watch?v=muyGDClX…
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Good discussion with James Goodale, @ChrisLynnHedges and me (hosted by @PopResistance and @Sueudry)- why the prospect of extraditing Assange for US prosecution threatens freedom of the press in the world, our 1st Amendment, and the future of our republic:
piped.video/watch?v=tLJj_L56…
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.@Consortiumnews and @kgosztola have excellent coverage of the Assange extradition hearing (variously being described as Kafkaesque, a kangaroo court or a Stalinist show trial).
consortiumnews.com/2020/09/0…
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If the US can extradite for prosecution a foreign publisher like Julian Assange for publishing true information and documents, then no journalist in the world is safe from imprisonment in the US for the rest of their lives. 1/
covertactionmagazine.com/202…
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3/ Debunking smears against Julian Assange (whose judgments in 2016 I don't endorse):
rcreader.com/commentary/debu…
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2/ US tortures whistleblowers, and publishers like Assange- by @caitoz:
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I had the honor and pleasure of being on a panel with Alice Walker and Noam Chomsky opposing the extradition to the US of Julian Assange (whose extradition hearing starts tomorrow). 1/
piped.video/watch?v=ZiPXFeL3…
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Because of the pandemic, virtual statements replaced our planned arrests protesting continued design of nuclear weapons at Livermore Lab 75 years after Hiroshima. It's all worth watching- mine starts at 1:09:40. piped.video/watch?v=x6fsQbWT…
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I’m proud of my granddaughter Catherine Ellsberg for her powerful essay on the conscience and moral responsibility of officials who collaborate with evil policies.
New today on the site:
Catherine Ellsberg on THE MEMORY OF JUSTICE, Marcel Ophuls’ sprawling 1976 jeremiad on the Nuremberg trials.
brightwalldarkroom.com/2020/…
(art by @studiotstella)
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