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		<title>Obama Gave Manning &#8220;Verdict First, Trial Later.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edited excerpts of transcript from Keith Olbermann&#8217;s interview of Daniel Ellsberg on Current: ELLSBERG: The commander-in-chief, President Obama, gave Manning &#8216;verdict first, trial later.&#8217; He said Manning had broken the law, before even the prosecution case had been heard, let alone the defense case. He said he was guilty, That alone is virtually a directed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>40 Years Ago Today, the New York Times Began Publishing the Pentagon Papers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forty years ago today&#8212;June 13, 1971&#8212;the New York Times began publishing the top secret study which came to be known as the Pentagon Papers. Daniel Ellsberg talked with the AP on the anniversary: &#8220;I was part, on a middle level, of what is best described as a conspiracy by the government to get us into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Honor of 40th Anniversary of the Pentagon Papers, POV Shows &#8220;The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers&#8221; For Free Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of the 40th anniversary of the publication of the Pentagon Papers this Monday, June 13th, POV Documentaries on PBS will be streaming the entire documentary &#8220;The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers&#8221; for free, all day Monday and Tuesday, 6/13-14. On those days, you can click here to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/40th-anniversary-of-pentagon-papers-pov-streams-most-dangerous-man</link>
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		<title>Pentagon Papers Officially Declassified on the 40th Anniversary of Their Publication &#8211; 40 Years Late</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June 13th, 2011, marks the 40th anniversary of the initial publication of the Pentagon Papers in the New York Times. Daniel Ellsberg was interviewed for pieces in both the New York Times and CNN on the anniversary, and on the government&#8217;s decision to declassify the Papers. In the New York Times piece, Daniel said: It’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/pentagon-papers-officially-declassified-on-the-40th-anniversary-of-their-publication-40-years-late</link>
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		<title>Ellsberg: Wikileaks Logs Show Clear US War Crimes in Iraq&#8212;Manning Was Reportedly Motivated By Conscience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edited transcript of today&#8217;s Democracy Now interview with Daniel Ellsberg ELLSBERG: The conditions under which Manning is being held clearly violate the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution against cruel and unusual punishment&#8212;even for someone being punished, having been convicted. Here we have someone who has not yet been tried, not yet convicted, being held in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/ellsberg-wikileaks-logs-show-clear-us-war-crimes-in-iraq-manning-reportedly-motivated-by-conscience</link>
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		<title>Ellsberg on Obama&#8217;s View that Manning&#8217;s Treatment is &#8220;Appropriate&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[This statement by Daniel Ellsberg was published in the Guardian (UK), two days before P.J. Crowley was fired.] President Obama tells us that he&#8217;s asked the Pentagon whether the conditions of confinement of Bradley Manning, the soldier charged with leaking state secrets, &#8220;are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards. They assure me that they are.&#8221; If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/ellsberg-obama-manning</link>
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		<title>Ellsberg on &#8220;Countdown With Olbmermann&#8221;: Leak the Pentagon Papers of Iraq and Afghanistan Through WikiLeaks</title>
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		<link>http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/ellsberg-on-olbermann</link>
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		<title>Daniel Ellsberg on Colbert Report: Julian Assange is Not a Criminal Under the Laws of the United States</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Colbert Report Mon &#8211; Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c International Manhunt for Julian Assange &#8211; Daniel Ellsberg www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor &#38; Satire Blog March to Keep Fear Alive [Daniel's segment starts at 4:06] ELLSBERG: Julian Assange is not a criminal under the laws of the United States. I was the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/daniel-ellsberg-on-colbert-report</link>
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		<title>Ellsberg: &#8220;EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the Pentagon Papers at the time.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Below is a news release put out by the Institute for Public Accuracy, co-signed by Daniel Ellsberg] Ex-Intelligence Officers, Others See Plusses in WikiLeaks Disclosures WASHINGTON &#8211; December 7 &#8211; The following statement was released today, signed by Daniel Ellsberg, Frank Grevil, Katharine Gun, David MacMichael, Ray McGovern, Craig Murray, Coleen Rowley and Larry Wilkerson; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/public-accuracy-press-release</link>
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		<title>Open Letter to Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To Customer Service and Jeff Bezos, I’m disgusted by Amazon’s cowardice and servility in abruptly terminating its hosting of  the Wikileaks website, in the face of threats from Senator Joe Lieberman and other Congressional right-wingers. I want no further association with any company that encourages legislative and executive officials to aspire to China’s control of information  and deterrence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/open-letter-to-amazon</link>
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