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Turns Out Nixon Wasnt Such an Unethical Monster... by Today's Standards.

Jun 12, 2011 01:15

Daniel Ellsberg: All the crimes Richard Nixon committed against me are now legal

He is the subject of a documentary about his life, "The Most Dangerous Man in America," nominated for a 2010 Academy Award, which took its title from the words former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger used to describe Ellsberg in 1971.

In the 1960s, Ellsberg was a high- ( Read more... )

afghanistan, war, iraq, former presidents, constitution, barack obama, libya, wikileaks, spying, patriot act, wiretapping

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rock_bottom June 12 2011, 07:50:14 UTC

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magus_69 June 12 2011, 09:54:01 UTC

Awesome.

sobota June 12 2011, 13:36:34 UTC

now all the tea partiers will be calling for obama's impeachment and actually have something to go on besides "he's black and i don't like that!"

i don't know how to feel about that one.

pluckedflowers June 12 2011, 13:45:07 UTC

Don't worry, neither the Democratic nor Republican party will let any grassroots movement get in the way of the smooth functioning of US militarism.

Actually, you should probably worry about that, too.

sobota June 12 2011, 13:48:18 UTC

this is why i'm pulling a TS eliot and leaving the US...for good. i mean, imperialism is one thing, but america is turning into a military complex/warmongering country if i've ever seen one.

pluckedflowers June 12 2011, 14:02:23 UTC

I sympathize, but I might advise you to keep in mind the lessons of another great literary figure.

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carolpent June 12 2011, 20:51:20 UTC

Honestly, I don't know why this surprises anyone at all.