In 1971, defense expert Daniel Ellsberg presented the Pentagon Papers exposing the incredible corruption and widening of the Vietnam War by Nixon and Johnson before him--all based on lies.
Last week, NBC's Brian Williams interviewed "whistleblower" intelligence officer Edward Snowden about the National Security Agency's incredible spying on American citizens. I watched the entire interview: Snowden showed himself to be incredibly honest, forthright, concerned, all-American, he honors the U.S. Constitution and he is a man of principles. He chronicled his work in the government that opened him to the corruption at the highest offices in our government.
Secretary of State Kerry called Snowden a "Traitor, coward and should come home to face the music."
Daniel Ellsberg responded, "Kerry's remarks are despicable!"
I agree. We need 10,000 Edward Snowden's. In America today, we face incredible corruption in our Congress and Mr. Obama himself. The list grows: Fast and Furious, won't enforce our immigration laws, phony Social Security number, Benghazi killings, suing states from enforcing their own laws, continue to fund 10 year wars when they know they are futile, and on and on. The corruption in Congress runs wide, deep and sickening from 20 and 30 year career Senators and Congressmen swimming in lies, cheating and playing the American people. Insider military trading on the stock market, paid off by corporations to NOT enforce our immigration laws and another 100 crimes against the American people.
"So many things we are told are untrue," said Snowden. "The Iraq War was launched on false premises. We were led by false statements to go into Iraq."
I can stand with Snowden because I know we marched into Vietnam on the same false statements such as the "Gulf of Tonkin Incident."
When he tried to notify superiors, they said, "You should stop asking questions."
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