Snowden made the right call when he fled the U.S.
By Daniel Ellsberg, Published: July 7
Daniel Ellsberg is the author of “Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.” He was charged in 1971 under the Espionage Act as well as for theft and conspiracy for copying the Pentagon Papers. The trial was dismissed in 1973 after evidence of government misconduct, including illegal wiretapping, was introduced in court.
Many people compare Edward Snowden to me unfavorably for leaving the country and seeking asylum, rather than facing trial as I did. I don’t agree. The country I stayed in was a different America, a long time ago.
After the New York Times had been enjoined from publishing the Pentagon Papers — on June 15, 1971, the first prior restraint on a newspaper in U.S. history — and I had given another copy to The Post (which would also be enjoined), I went underground with my wife, Patricia, for 13 days. My purpose (quite like Snowden’s in flying to Hong Kong) was to elude surveillance while I was arranging — with the crucial help of a number of others, still unknown to the FBI — to distribute the Pentagon Papers sequentially to 17 other newspapers, in the face of two more injunctions. The last three days of that period was in defiance of an arrest order: I was, like Snowden now, a “fugitive from justice.”
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2 comments:
from cops shooting unarmed innocent people AND their dogs, illegal aliens, government run amuck, losing our rights one by one, spying on us, taxing us into the poorhouse, getting us involved in unnecessary and illegal wars, giving other nations and nationalities OUR monies, etc., all this and more, how much are we supposed to accept?
blacks going to riot if they don't get a verdict they like, which is just an excuse to steal, pillage and destroy property. not even realizing they will be shot dead the moment they jump.
our gay leaders go on 100 million vacations while the rest of us struggle to put food on our tables. cops, firemen, teachers and others are furloughed because there is no money to pay them. states cannot even cut their grass because they are broke.
when will the american people finally say enough is enough? when will we get off our lazy asses and do what everyone knows needs to be done?
your election to lose? hell, we are losing our COUNTRY!
or maybe I am optimistic. maybe we have already lost it.
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