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Tag: Ellsberg

Freedom of the Press Foundation to boost WikiLeaks and other freedom-of-info groups

January 4, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Good government, Government, Ideas, Media, Politics Leave a comment

It’s hard to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a hero or a criminal. What’s much clearer is that we live in an

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Daniel Ellsberg’s advice to disappointed progressives

October 26, 2012 Renee Shur 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Courts, Economy, History, Obama, Politics, Romney, Voting/Elections One comment

Dear Disappointed, Daniel Ellsberg feels your pain.  He knows that Obama hasn’t lived up to your expectations. He won’t argue with you on that

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“The Most Dangerous Man in America,” available, at last, on DVD

September 24, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik History, Literature/Arts/Film, Media, War 4 comments

You have to be deep into middle age to know, first-hand, what Daniel Ellsberg did in the early 1970s to expose the top-level lies

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