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Daniel Ellsberg
@DanielEllsberg
Biden should drop his appeal to extradite Julian Assange and dismiss all charges against him, on the new disclosures that Assange has been subjected to the same governmental crimes that led to the dismissal of my own prosecution half a century ago. 1/
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Daniel Ellsberg
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2/ These governmental crimes include illegal, warrantless surveillance, conspiracy to "totally incapacitate me" and--in the words of my judge--"bizarre events" that "offend a sense of justice." All of these apply exactly to the just-revealed crimes against Assange.
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Daniel Ellsberg
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3/ Here is Judge Matthew Byrne's statement dismissing the charges against me and Tony Russo, on May 12, 1973. AG Garland should take similar action on Assange this week. And if that doesn't happen, the UK High Court should dismiss the appeal. /
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Text of Ruling by Judge in Ellsberg Case (Published 1973)
text of ruling by Judge W M Byrne Jr dismissing charges against D Ellsberg and A J Russo Jr in Pentagon papers trial
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DeeStonk
@DeeStonk
I would have to say given that
@POTUS
knowingly violated the supreme court’s ruling on eviction moratoriums, despite having the legislative ability to lawfully change it as well as his defiance-of the law w regards to the Afghanistan debacle, I am going to give that a hard NO.