Daniel Ellsberg and Julian Assange have a lot in common and Daniel Ellsberg is the first one to point this out. Daniel goes over how they both exposed state secrets, how the government attempted to use the Espionage Act against them, spied on them and while we know for certain that the CIA discussed killing Assange, the US Government may have discussed killing Ellsberg when they said they'd "incapacitate," him.
Democracy Now! Eleven peace activists and one journalist on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship, the "Madleen," were detained by Israeli soldiers as their ship carrying vital humanitarian aid for starving Palestinians approached Gaza. The ship was intercepted by Israeli forces in the middle of the night in international waters. Its supplies were seized and communications jammed. The unarmed activists will likely be transported to Israeli detention or "immediately deported," says Ann Wright, a U.S. military veteran who has participated in four Freedom Flotilla journeys and now serves on the steering committee of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. She calls on citizens of countries around the world to push for the activists' release and an end to Israel's war on Gaza.
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