BOVARD (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today an article of mine from the May issue of Freedom Daily. Without further adieu…. Ellsberg’S LESSONS FOR OUR TIME by James Bovard Daniel Ellsberg is the kind of American who should receive a Medal of Freedom. Except that the Medals of Freedom are distributed by presidents who routinely give them [...]
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Daniel Ellsberg spoke at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday March 30. His talk, "Must America Remain an Outlaw State?" was on the occasion of War and Law League (WALL), tenth birthday. http://www.warandlaw.org/files/index.html WALL, founded in March 1998, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, San Francisco-based group that wants the U.S. to follow its Constitution, its treaties, and customary international...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008 | Politics
Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our Joel posts this video in which Tim Ferriss interviews Daniel "Pentagon Papers" Ellsberg about tomorrow's vote on warrantless wiretapping in the USA. If Congress passes this bill (the "FISA bill"), it will become legal for intelligence agencies to bulk-wiretap American citizens without a warrant, using data-mining to listen in on millions of Internet and phone connections....
News From Underground (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
From R. Lopez: Ellsberg warns "FISA Bill Means Blackmail of Congress"asks 60 seconds of action This is the most cogent and complete summary of what the FISA bill is all about that I have seen. From the peerless Daniel Ellsberg of course. This patriot was ready to go to jail for the rest of his life for leaking a document which showed that America's sons were being sacrificed for politics, with no chance...
Majikthise (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Daniel Ellsberg, the famous whistle blower who leaked the Pentagon Papers, discusses the warrantless spying crisis: What Every American Needs to Know (and Do) About FISA Before Tuesday, July 8th from Tim Ferriss on Vimeo. Check out firedoglake's full-page ad...
EFF Action Alerts (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Former intelligence officer Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who in the early 1970s released the Pentagon Papers, has spoken out against the Senate's version of FISA reform and warrantless wiretapping. In this video posted on Boing Boing Gadgets , he reminds viewers that all members of Congress have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution. I have to say that no senator, Republican or Democrat,...
Nevada Thunder (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
What Every American Needs to Know (and Do) About FISA Before Tuesday, July 8th from Tim Ferriss on Vimeo.
Travelin' Librarian (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
What Every American Needs to Know (and Do) About FISA Before Tuesday, July 8th from Tim Ferriss on Vimeo . via BoingBoing .
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago | Politics
Today I'm on Bloggingheads TV with Bruce Fein, who has some choice words for Cass Sunstein -- Obama's adviser on FISA -- who told Glenn Greenwald that the Bush Administration wasn't breaking the law, they simply had a different interpretation of it, and to prosecute them would amount to the "criminalization of politics." (Glenn proceeded to refute this contention in their debate on Democracy Now ,...
Yannone (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Ignore Your Democracy by Mark Yannone The following video shows a perfect example of the wrong way to manage your federal government. Daniel Ellsberg (of Pentagon Papers fame) and his interviewer Tim Ferriss, whose expertise includes "peeling hardboiled eggs without peeling," urge you to watch what Ferriss labeled "the most important video you watch in your lifetime." Three times in this
Tiffany B. Brown (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A video interview with Daniel Ellsberg by Tim Ferris on FISA and an important vote taking place tomorrow, July 8th. Ferris also tells you what to do between now and tomorrow to help ensure that this latest version of FISA does not make it through Congress.
matthewgood (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
On the day that I was born, Alaskan Senator Mike Gravel officially entered 4,100 pages of what would later be known as The Pentagon Papers, initially copied and leaked by Daniel Ellsberg, into the official records of The Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. This move, under Section 6 or the 1st Article of the [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Legal Sea Foods, the Boston restaurant chain whose slogan is “If it isn’t fresh, it isn’t legal!”, is testing the limits of free speech with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Over at Fortune’s Legal Pad blog, Roger Parloff details a series of Legal Sea Foods ads that have run on the sides of Boston buses [...]
laurenpressley (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
It’s been busy, and I’ve not had many opportunities to liveblog. Last night I had a nice dinner and met several fun people. Then Jenny (my roommate) and I swung by the Emerging Leaders reception. I was hoping to go to the Facebook meetup, but 11:00 is very late for an east coaster! This morning I [...]
