Daniel Ellsberg fears a US hit on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange - Dylan Ratigan Show

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Daniel Ellsberg fears a US hit on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

By Muriel Kane
Friday, June 11th, 2010 -- 7:17 pm


Update: A New York Times article Saturday notes, "In 17 months in office, President Obama has already outdone every previous president in pursuing leak prosecutions."

Scott Shane reports for the Times that the "Obama administration is proving more aggressive than the Bush administration in seeking to punish unauthorized leaks" and that "is administration has taken actions that might have provoked sharp political criticism for his predecessor, George W. Bush, who was often in public fights with the press."

Steven Aftergood, head of the project on government secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists, who has long tracked the uneasy commerce in secrets between government officials and the press, said Mr. Drake might have fallen afoul of a bipartisan sense in recent years that leaks have gotten out of hand and need to be deterred. By several accounts, Mr. Obama has been outraged by some leaks, too.
“I think this administration, like every other administration, is driven to distraction by leaking,” Mr. Aftergood said. “And Congress wants a few scalps, too. On a bipartisan basis, they want these prosecutions to proceed.”
More information on specific leakers being pursued by the Obama administration
at this link.

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At Democratic Underground, one forum member called 'go west young man' complained, "They didn't trade secrets to the enemies of the United States. They exposed corruption from within. Leaking isn't the problem. Fucked up policies and the people who implement them are."

We need leakers when there is injustice. Mr. Obama is just trying to look tough. He might want to look for the real criminals. They are pretty easy to find as they were in the previous administration and the Republican Party. I'm an ex marine and I voted for Obama but at this point he can kiss my ass. I'm fed up with this "Good German" mindset in our military. We need more like these leakers."
Daniel Ellsberg, who gained fame when he leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971 in hopes of ending the Vietnam War,
told MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan on Friday that he not only sees a parallel between himself and the person who recently leaked a video of an assault by US forces on Iraqi civilians but also fears for the safety of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who published the video.

Army specialist Bradley Manning was recently arrested in the case, and according to reporter Philip Shenon, the Pentagon is "desperately" seeking Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in hopes of preventing further damaging revelations.

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[XXXMADAM]

1. CIA PIMPS

He shouldn't go near Thailand either, a major hub for CIA dirty business.

http://www.defraudingamerica.com/robin_head.html

[MrMickeysMom]

2. Mr. President.....

What the FUCK is going on with you?

[eternalflame]

3. Disturbing to say the least.

What Obama is doing is unprecedented. Like many others, when I voted for him I was hoping for the slightest shift from Bush policies but it seems that Obama is expanding on them by using his cunningness and Law education to achieve his ends-- something I find more scary than Bush.

Obama does not stand for what real progressives believe in. He will not be getting my support in the future, hope is all but gone.

[sasquuatch55]

4. Should not have expected much as we are corporate controlled.

Nothings going to change without revolt.

[90-percent]

5. Dylan

What Dylan presents on his show is refreshing.

From the perspective of an authoritarian government and corporate controlled government, I am continually amazed Dylan is even allowed to present such materials on his show.

I truly wonder why his corporate overlords haven not seen to it to have him silenced, in the manner of Phil Donahue at MSNBC in the run up to the GW Bush Iraq invasion?

In terms of the worldview of a conservative corporatist CIA government, what Dylan features on his show would be considered downright subversive and seditious!

Enjoy Dylan while you can, folks. My instincts say "the establishment" will see to it that he gets silenced by any means necessary.

Our President has declared it within his rights to assassinate anybody he feels is a threat to "national security", even if they are an American citizen on American soil. If that ain't totalitarian Stalin tactics, I truly don't know what is!

-90% Jimmy

[wildbilln864]

6. **k&r! nt