Ellsberg: “EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me..."

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Ex-Intelligence Officers, Others See Plusses in WikiLeaks Disclosures

WASHINGTON – December 7 – 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; all are associated with Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence.

WikiLeaks has teased the genie of transparency out of a very opaque bottle, and powerful forces in America, who thrive on secrecy, are trying desperately to stuff the genie back in. The people listed below this release would be pleased to shed light on these exciting new developments.

How far down the U.S. has slid can be seen, ironically enough, in a recent commentary in Pravda (that’s right, Russia’s Pravda): “What WikiLeaks has done is make people understand why so many Americans are politically apathetic … After all, the evils committed by those in power can be suffocating, and the sense of powerlessness that erupts can be paralyzing, especially when … government evildoers almost always get away with their crimes. …”

So shame on Barack Obama, Eric Holder, and all those who spew platitudes about integrity, justice and accountability while allowing war criminals and torturers to walk freely upon the earth. … the American people should be outraged that their government has transformed a nation with a reputation for freedom, justice, tolerance and respect for human rights into a backwater that revels in its criminality, cover-ups, injustices and hypocrisies.

MORE: http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/public-accuracy-press-release

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1. Integrety - something the US Government

and our elected officials have lost.

"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; all are associated with Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence.

WikiLeaks has teased the genie of transparency out of a very opaque bottle, and powerful forces in America, who thrive on secrecy, are trying desperately to stuff the genie back in. The people listed below this release would be pleased to shed light on these exciting new developments".

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2. Obama is Nixon *and* Hoover? Ugh. (nt)

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3. Indeed. Why do you think they broke into Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office?

Ralph Nader of all people received similar treatment from corporate America (a distinction without a difference perhaps) when he blew the whistle on the auto industry.

GM tried everything it could to discredit Nader but failed. Miserably. In fact, Nader retaliated legally, suing GM for invasion of privacy and winning a settlement of $425,000, which was a great deal of money back then. In fact, he used that money to seed the network of Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) that exist to this day.

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4. How ironic that Pravda nails it.

The times, they have changed.