[Imc-dc-editorial] Ellsberg Feature

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:58:35 -0500


matthew bradley wrote:
> I generally agree with Chuck's comments. I've just spent most of the day 
> with Ellsberg, and this seems to be quite an accurate assesment of how 
> he feels on some things.
> 
> I'd like to see a link or a citation (if it's not online) to the survey 
> Chuck cites. I don't doubt it - but it should be cited if we want to 
> make it an important sub-text to the anti-war/whistleblower - ellsberg 
> takes the lead story.

I looked through one of my email boxes to find the link to that survey, but 
couldn't find it. It was published recently in one of the magazines for 
federal workers. If somebody does some digging into relevant publications 
(Fed News?), you should be able to find the survey.

> Chuck's critique of the UPI story is on-spot too. It was our second 
> thought expressed when we saw it... the first was "it was a remarkably 
> good and rapidly done story." Not much else, yet, has surfaced on the 
> wires. Though NBC and CBC and ITAR-TASS (along with the Russian Embassy) 
> and a couple  of smaller local papers were there. the Baltimore Sun 
> actually did the story *yesterday* - they called Ellsberg before he came 
> down, after the release on today's event.
> 

Here is another relevant breaking story:

Wilkie speaks out
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2003/s804429.htm

and on the other story:

British intelligence employee questioned on NSA memo leak
http://www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-te.nsa11mar11,0,2413578.story?coll=bal-home-headlines

Our spy story spelt conspiracy to some
http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,910420,00.html

Chuck0

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