WIKILEAKS: "The Truth will set you free"

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>,
"His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the mundane prophet of the last days
before the end of times" > wrote:

> On Dec 16, 11:27*pm, Tru Dat > wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> > *"His Highness the TibetanMonkey, not your average backyard
> >
> > *philosopher" > wrote:
> > > MY COMMENT ON WIKILEAKS:
> >
> > > "MAKING NOISE" IS THE BEST WEAPON OF THE MONKEY.
> >
> > > Bad press tames the lion.
> >
> > and;
> >
> > In article >,
> > *Peter Principle > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > The dean of all whistle blowers, Daniel Ellsberg, whose leaking of the
> > > Pentagon Papers began the unraveling of thieving lying crook Richard
> > > Nixon,
> > > today spoke out in defense of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.
> >
> > > From the Associated Press:
> > > ------
> > >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/1...g-wikileaks_n_...
> > > ml
> >
> > > Daniel Ellsberg Defends Julian Assange, Bradley Manning
> >
> > > WASHINGTON The man who famously leaked the Pentagon Papers during the
> > > Vietnam War defended both WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the Army
> > > private suspected of providing the site with thousands of sensitive
> > > government documents.
> >
> > > Daniel Ellsberg said Thursday that Wikileaks' disclosure of government
> > > secrets on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and thousands of diplomatic
> > > cables
> > > was "exactly the right thing" to do.
> >
> > > "I think they provided a very valuable service," Ellsberg said, also
> > > referring to man suspected of leaking the documents, Pvt. Bradley
> > > Manning.
> > > "To call them terrorists is not only mistaken, it's absurd."
> > > <full story at URL>
> > > ------
> >
> > > Absurd? When it comes to rightard **** shouters Ellsberg is being too
> > > kind.
> > > Bat **** crazy and rock hard stupid is closer to the mark.
> >
> > > ---
> > > Welcome to reality. Enjoy your visit. Slow thinkers keep right.
> > > ------
> > > Why are so many not smart enough to know they're not smart enough?
> >
> > > Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 77(6), Dec 1999,
> > > 1121-1134
> >
> > > Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own
> > > Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments
> >
> > > Justin Kruger and David Dunning
> > > Department of Psychology
> > > Cornell University
> >
> > >http://briandeer.com/wakefield/crank-features.pdf
> >
> > > ABSTRACT:
> > > ...the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile
> > > on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test
> > > performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the
> > > 12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd.
> >
> > and;
> > The chairman of the House judiciary committee defended Wikileaks on
> > Thursday, arguing that the controversial actions of the anti-secrecy
> > outlet are protected under free speech. Speaking at a hearing to explore
> > whether Wikileaks violated the Espionage Act -- which the Obama
> > administration claims its editor-in-chief violated -- Rep. John Conyers
> > (D-MI) said that "America was founded on the belief that speech is
> > sacrosanct" and dismissed calls for censorship of media outlets
> > publishing leaked documents.
> >
> > fo mo;
> >
> > http://www.democraticunderground.com/
> > --
> > Karma, What a concept!
>
> Good to hear some black sheep are still standing up to the sheep.

and;
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:05:45 -0500, The Gnostic >
wrote:

>>http://www.standwithbrad.org/
>>
>>
>>We stand for truth, for government transparency, and for an end to our
>>tax-dollars funding endless occupation abroad...
>>
>>We stand with accused whistle-blower
>>US Army Pfc. Bradley Manning
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Stand with Bradley!
>>
>>
>> A 23-year-old Army intelligence analyst, Pfc. Manning faces decades
>>in prison for allegedly leaking a video of a US helicopter attack that
>>killed at least eleven Iraqi civilians to the website Wikileaks. Among
>>the dead were two working Reuters reporters. Two children were also
>>severely wounded in the attack.
>>
>>In addition to this "Collateral Murder" video, Pfc. Manning is
>>suspected of leaking the "Afghan War Diaries" – tens of thousands of
>>battlefield reports that explicitly describe civilian deaths and
>>cover-ups, corrupt officials, collusion with warlords, and a failing
>>US/NATO war effort.
>>
>>"We only know these crimes took place because insiders blew the
>>whistle at great personal risk ... Government whistleblowers are part
>>of a healthy democracy and must be protected from reprisal," noted
>>Barack Obama while on the campaign trail in 2008. While the President
>>was referring to the Bush Administration's use of phone companies to
>>illegally spy on Americans, Pfc. Manning's alleged actions are just as
>>noteworthy. If the military charges against him are accurate, they
>>show that he had a reasonable belief that war crimes were being
>>covered up, and that he took action based on a crisis of conscience.
>>
>>After nearly a decade of war and occupation waged in our name, it is
>>odd that it apparently fell on a young Army private to provide
>>critical answers to the questions, "What have we purchased with well
>>over a trillion tax dollars and the deaths of hundreds of thousands in
>>Iraq and Afghanistan?” However, history is replete with unlikely
>>heroes.
>>
>>If Bradley Manning is indeed the source of these materials, the nation
>>owes him our gratitude. We ask Secretary of the Army, the Honorable
>>John M. McHugh, and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General George W.
>>Casey, Jr., to release Pfc. Manning from pre-trial confinement and
>>drop the charges against him.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Bradley Manning Support Network Advisory Board members:
>>
>> * Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink: Women for Peace
>> * Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, board member for the National
>>Whistleblower Center
>> * Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistle blower
>> * Kathleen Gilberd, co-chair of the Military Law Task Force of the
>>National Lawyers Guild
>> * Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and activist
>> * Michael Moore, documentary filmmaker
>> * Jose Vasquez, executive director of Iraq Veterans against the
>>War
>> * US Army Colonel Ann Wright (ret.), former US State Department
>>official
>> * Kevin Zeese, co-founder and executive director, Voters for Peace
>>
>>Bradley Manning Support Network Steering Committee members:
>>
>> * Gerry Condon, national co-chair of the Veterans for Peace GI
>>Resistance Working Group
>> * Mike Gogulski, founder of bradleymanning.org
>> * Bob Meola, member of War Resisters League National Committee
>> * Jeff Paterson, project director of Courage to Resist
>> * Loraine Reitman, privacy advocate
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Karma, What a concept!