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Ellsberg calls for action to end Presidential violation of the constitution and to prevent an attack on Iran. He urges government insiders to come up with the new set of Pentagon papers, to act now and not wait until they write their memoirs.
Daniel Ellsberg
THE THREAT OF WAR ON IRAN
When Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers in 1971 they revealed the US Government's lies about the war on Vietnam. 35 years later Ellsberg received the Right Livelihood Award, the so-called alternative Nobel Price, for "dedicating his life to inspiring others to follow his example."
For the last 6 years Ellsberg has campaigned against the exercise of executive power by the Bush administration. He calls for action to end such Presidential violation of the constitution and to prevent an expansion of the war in the Middle East and an attack on Iran. He urges government insiders to come up with the new set of Pentagon papers, to act now and not wait until they write their memoirs. The American public needs to see the current attack plans on Iran in order to prevent a terrible expansion of the war in the Middle East.
He voices criticism of the new democratic congress and their support - with few exceptions - of the Kyl/Lieberman amendment of Sept. 2007. This bill designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. Opponents of the amendment are saying that it could be used by Bush to attack Iran.
Daniel Ellsberg spoke on December 18, 2007, at the Republican Round Table in a downtown hotel in San Francisco.
