Blowing the Whistle

We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.
Daniel Ellsberge

I was searching through NetFlix for a movie to watch one afternoon and I found The Most Dangerous Man In America. This documentary was every bit as riveting as the documentary "An Unreasonable Man." Both of these were classic "David vs. Goliath" tales, that happen to not be fiction in these cases.

Lately I've been following the news about WikiLeaks releasing vast amounts of diplomatic communications and we're faced with exactly the same situation again as the famous Pentagon Papers. Once again the US Government is calling foul, accusing people of betraying 'military secrets' and how this will lead to military casualties. And not only the US Government, but governments all around the world.



What is going to be very interesting this time around is that the US Ambassador to Canada contacted the Canadian Ambassador to the US to 'warn' Canada that some embarrassing information might be revealed. Clearly this event cannot be contained to just US politics.

Daniel Ellseberg is one of the most famous whistle blowers of all time. The US Government tried to prevent the New York Times (and other publications) from releasing 'secret' documents, but was overturned by the US Supreme Court. Similarly, the US Government tried to convict Ellseberg himself, but failed.

I just hope Bradley Manning is as lucky as Daniel Ellseberg this time around.

I just hope people employ a little critical thinking at this time...

...and are able to read through the obvious bullshit and spin. Labeling the truth as a secret is the highest form of bullshit of all.