Pentagon papers leaker: 'I was Bradley Manning'

[LAGC]

(CNN) -- It's supposed to be sunny on Saturday in Washington, which is good news for Daniel Ellsberg. The most famous whistle-blower in American history is hoping to get arrested in the name of Bradley Manning.

"Oh, it's easy. I've done it before," he explains. "You don't have to do much to get arrested at the White House."

A spry 79-year-old with neat, silver hair, Ellsberg doesn't look threatening. But he's pretty mad. Disgusted is the word he uses to describe how he feels that Manning, a 23-year-old Army private, has been locked up for nearly eight months at Quantico military prison.

Charged with 34 counts, including "aiding the enemy," Manning faces life in prison and maybe execution. He is accused of illegally downloading hundreds of thousands of secret military and State Department documents and giving it to WikiLeaks.

To many Americans, Manning is a traitor. To many Americans, Manning is a hero.

To Ellsberg, Manning is something else.

"I was that young man; I was Bradley Manning," he says.
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/19/wikileaks.ellsberg.manning/index.html?hpt=T2

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[Karmadillo]

2. K&R

nt

[gateley]

3. "You don't have to do much to get arrested at the White House."

:rofl:

Ellsberg is an American hero.

[nashville_brook]

4. k and r

[DirkGently]

5. The fact we're even debating whether Manning is a "traitor" shows what a brittle RW edge we're on.

[Modern_Matthew]

6. +1,000,000 nt

[Scuba]

7. Today in Madison the Iraq Veterans Against the War...

...spoke up in defense of Manning. Basically, the man is a hero and patriot and deserves commendation, not condemnation.

[Agony]

8. K^R

[Cherchez la Femme]

9. I'm waiting for the Rah-Rah's to come & trash him.

He must hate President Obama!
What a bad man!


***looking at watch***


Any moment now....aaaannnnyyyy second...

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Hey me too.

I was honored to spend a week with Ellsberg. I'll never forget it. He and Bradley Manning are both American heroes.

[malaise]

11. There was more democracy back then

I love Daniel Ellsberg