Daniel Ellsberg visits SSU

[struggle4progress]

Anti-war activist, source of Pentagon Papers leak, says Iraq war pre-planned
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In an appearance at Sonoma State University, Ellsberg said President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld tricked America into believing deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was a threat to world peace so they could wage a pre-planned war for money or oil.
The 73-year-old former government worker has remained a leading voice of the political left for three decades since he leaked the Pentagon Papers, a secret government history that undermined White House statements about the Vietnam War.
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Ellsberg said Bush and Rumsfeld knew Iraq didn't possess weapons of mass destruction -- the administration's long-held justification for war -- and shrewdly played on national grief after Sept. 11 to get support for military action against a country that wasn't linked to the terrorists.
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Speaking on the day of the first Abu Ghraib court martial, he said "I predict ... it really went to the top and was a broad policy. In my opinion, the wrong man is on trial."
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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/20ellsberg_b3b03_empempireb.html

A real hero, still at it!

[Voltaire99]

1. A great American

Thank you, Daniel Ellsberg.

[ScrewyRabbit]

2. I'm an SSU graduate

Glad to hear they still get good speakers like Ellsberg.

[happynewyear]

3. Time to reemerge Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg ... pssstttt ... we need you NOW! Don't retire! Get this truth out! People will listen to you!

:dem: :kick:

[Just Me]

4. Gee, I haven't seen Daniel for quite some time.

I'm glad he's back out on the field.

I have great admiration for his incredible courage and resiliency.