Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92

[excalibur]

And, he was a great hero to the left after releasing secret documents.

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Ellsberg, along with colleague Anthony Russo, secretly photocopied a study from the Defense Department that revealed that the Vietnam War could not be won.

They were both charged with espionage, theft and conspiracy for the leak, but a judge dismissed the case in 1973, ruling that the government was guilty of misconduct.

Then-President Richard Nixon tried to stop the publication of the papers, but the Supreme Court sided with the newspapers in 1971 on the basis of free speech.

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Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92

Ellsberg announced a few months ago that he was diagnosed with "inoperable pancreatic cancer."

justthenews.com

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[JGalt]

If the current goons had been in office then, he wouldn't have lived to be 42.

 

[excalibur]

And now the left wants to put a former President in prison for possessing his own records, some of which may have been classified.

(3) the Presidential records of a former President shall be available to such former President​

44 U.S. Code § 2205 - Exceptions to restricted access

www.law.cornell.edu

 

[August West]

And, he was a great hero to the left after releasing secret documents.

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Ellsberg, along with colleague Anthony Russo, secretly photocopied a study from the Defense Department that revealed that the Vietnam War could not be won.​

​

They were both charged with espionage, theft and conspiracy for the leak, but a judge dismissed the case in 1973, ruling that the government was guilty of misconduct.​

​

Then-President Richard Nixon tried to stop the publication of the papers, but the Supreme Court sided with the newspapers in 1971 on the basis of free speech.​

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Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92

Ellsberg announced a few months ago that he was diagnosed with "inoperable pancreatic cancer."

justthenews.com

​

He saved a lot of lives. Without Ellsberg and the war protesters, we would still be there.

 

[August West]

And, he was a great hero to the left after releasing secret documents.

...​

​

Ellsberg, along with colleague Anthony Russo, secretly photocopied a study from the Defense Department that revealed that the Vietnam War could not be won.​

​

They were both charged with espionage, theft and conspiracy for the leak, but a judge dismissed the case in 1973, ruling that the government was guilty of misconduct.​

​

Then-President Richard Nixon tried to stop the publication of the papers, but the Supreme Court sided with the newspapers in 1971 on the basis of free speech.​

​

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Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92

Ellsberg announced a few months ago that he was diagnosed with "inoperable pancreatic cancer."

justthenews.com

​

Nixon was a fool for going after Ellsberg. Nothing in the Pentagon Papers had anything to do with him.

 

[sparky]

how times have changed.....~S~

 

[Grumblenuts]

If the current goons had been in office then, he wouldn't have lived to be 42.

Maybe.

Florida was among the last states to demand such unanimity, in 2017. But on Thursday, DeSantis signed a new law allowing just eight out of 12 jurors to approve a death sentence — the lowest number of jurors in the U.S.