BS: The Most Dangerous Man in America

Subject: BS: The Most Dangerous Man in America
From: CarolC
Date: 19 Oct 09 - 05:07 PM

Daniel Ellsberg and John Dean give a talk about the newly released documentary, The Most Dangerous Man in America, which is about Ellsberg's efforts to bring the truth about the Vietnam War to the attention of the voters. There is a preview of the film at the beginning of this video..

http://fora.tv/2009/09/15/Whistle-Blowers_A_Conversation_with_Ellsberg_and_Dean#fullprogram


On a somewhat related note, here is a site with a petition that people can sign to demand accountability from the US government about its behavior during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...

http://www.commissiononaccountability.org/

From the site:

Waterboarding. Slamming into walls. Excruciating physical positions. The United States tortured detainees after September 11, 2001. Make sure this does not happen again. Call on the President to create a non-partisan commission to investigate the torture and abuse of detainees. Help protect America's national security and re-establish its standing in the world.

We call on the President of the United States to establish an independent, non-partisan commission to examine and report publicly on torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees in the period since September 11, 2001. The commission, comparable in stature to the 9/11 Commission, should look into the facts and circumstances of such abuses, report on lessons learned, and recommend measures that would prevent any future abuses. We believe that the commission is necessary to reaffirm America 's commitment to the Constitution, international treaty obligations, and human rights. The report issued by the commission will strengthen U.S. national security and help to re-establish America's standing in the world.
Co-Sponsors for COMMISSIONonACCOUNTABILITY.org

    * Amnesty International USA
    * The Brennan Center for Justice
    * The Carter Center, Human Rights Program
    * The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University, School of Law
    * Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, UC Davis
    * The Center for Victims of Torture
    * The Constitution Project
    * Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley
    * Human Rights First
    * Human Rights Watch
    * International Center for Transitional Justice
    * International Justice Network
    * The Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights
    * Jewish Council for Public Affairs
    * National Institute of Military Justice
    * National Religious Campaign Against Torture
    * The Open Society Institute
    * Physicians for Human Rights
    * The Rutherford Institute

Subject: RE: BS: The Most Dangerous Man in America
From: goatfell
Date: 19 Oct 09 - 05:37 PM

i thought this was about George W Bush

Subject: RE: BS: The Most Dangerous Man in America
From: CarolC
Date: 19 Oct 09 - 05:53 PM

I could be, but the title of the documentary is an ironic recollection of the way Ellsberg was being described by people like Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger.