Powerful statement on YouTube only 4:11 min. long, signed by Daniel Ellsberg of "Pentagon Papers" fame:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVcWpIFAVM4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVcWpIFAVM4</a><br>
<br>------------------------------------------<br>More on this statement:<br><br><a href="http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/public-accuracy-press-release">http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/public-accuracy-press-release</a><br>
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<h1 class="entry-title">Ellsberg: “EVERY attack now made on
WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the
Pentagon Papers at the time.”</h1>
<p class="headline_meta">by <span class="author vcard"><a href="http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/author/mellsberg/" class="url fn">Ellsberg.Net</a></span> on <abbr class="published" title="2010-12-08">December 8, 2010</abbr></p>
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<p>[Below is a <a href="http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=2404" target="_blank">news release put out by the Institute for Public Accuracy</a>, co-signed by Daniel Ellsberg]</p><p><strong>Ex-Intelligence Officers, Others See Plusses in WikiLeaks Disclosures</strong></p>
<p>WASHINGTON – December 7 – The following statement was released today,
signed by Daniel Ellsberg, Frank Grevil, Katharine Gun, David
MacMichael, Ray McGovern, Craig Murray, Coleen Rowley and Larry
Wilkerson; all are associated with Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in
Intelligence.</p><p>------------------------------------------<br></p>And in related news, I would have loved to have a been a fly on the wall when Lady Gaga had dinner with Wikileaks brain Julian Assange recently in Oct. at the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK, where Assange has been granted asylum:. <br>
<br><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/9596115/Lady-Gaga-visits-Julian-Assange-for-dinner-at-Ecuadorian-embassy.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/9596115/Lady-Gaga-visits-Julian-Assange-for-dinner-at-Ecuadorian-embassy.html</a><br>
<h1>Lady Gaga visits Julian Assange for dinner at Ecuadorian embassy</h1>
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Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, received a visit from singer Lady Gaga
at the Ecuadorian embassy while she was in town to promote her perfume.
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By <span rel="author">Rosa Silverman</span><div>
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<p class="publishedDate">12:36PM BST 09 Oct 2012</p><div class="firstPar"><p>
Lady Gaga visited Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London and the
unlikely pair had dinner together last night, it has emerged.
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The singer, who had been promoting her new perfume at Harrods next door, was
seen leaving the Knightsbridge embassy building dressed all in black and
wearing a pointed witch’s hat.
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The WikiLeaks founder, who is wanted in Sweden over alleged sex attacks on two
women, has been holed up there since June and has claimed asylum.
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Lady Gaga is said to have spent five hours with him, emerging at midnight
after the two had shared a meal.
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Earlier, singer M.I.A. had tweeted a message to Lady Gaga saying: “If ur at
harrods today, come visit Assange at the Ecuador embassy across the st. im
there. Ill bring TEA and CAKE (sic).” <br></p><div class="body">
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An embassy spokeswoman confirmed Lady Gaga had visited but said she did not
know whether M.I.A. had been there.
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She said: “People can visit him (Assange) but usually he has his own team set
up the appointments.”
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<p>
The visit from the Poker Face singer came as Assange’s high profile backers
who had stood as sureties for him were ordered to pay a court £93,500
because the Australian has skipped bail to seek asylum.
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<p>
The supporters, who include a Nobel prize-winner, an aristocrat and an
academic, were warned they would face jail unless they found the cash within
a month.
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<p>
Other supporters of the whistleblower have already lost £200,000 in security
money.
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<p>
Lady Gaga was booed by angry fans on Sunday night when she arrived over an
hour late for the UK launch of her Fame perfume at the luxury department
store.
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Many who turned out to see her were left disappointed, having failed to even
catch a glimpse of her before she dashed indoors. <br></p><p>------------------------------------------<br></p>
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