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How Wars Endanger American Freedom | John V. Denson

Lecture by John V. Denson discussing how America’s interventionist foreign policies dangerously expands central government power and usurps individual rights on the home front. Presented at the Brown Bag Seminar, sponsored by the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Recorded February 15, 1995. mises.org…

Complete video at: fora.tv Why is WikiLeaks releasing documents from the US government, when there is no shortage of corruption elsewhere in the world? Editor-in-chief Julian Assange regards it as an issue of trust, explaining that he considers it the website’s responsibility to publish any classified information likely to have a significant impact — regardless of diplomatic origins. For related videos, visit WikiLeaks: Security Threat or Media Savior? A FORA.tv Series: fora.tv —– Following the leak by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks of almost 400000 secret US army field reports from the Iraq war between 2004 and 2009, tune in to hear Julian Assange at the Frontline Club in conversation with one of the most famous whistle blowers in history, Daniel Ellsberg, who was responsible for the leak of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, programmer and Internet activist, best known for his involvement with Wikileaks, a whistleblower website. Daniel Ellsberg is a political commentator and activist. A former US military analyst employed by the RAND Corporation, Ellsberg sparked a national controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times.
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25 comments on “How Wars Endanger American Freedom | John V. Denson

  • I can’t stand Assange’s slow speaking style, and hate that he’s just another non-violence believer, but he’s an incredibly courageous patriotic hero who is doing the hard job that the coward “reporters” at FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN fail to do.

  • @Nebontha There is a difference between between being a coward (Assange) and to go into hiding. He doesn’t deserve anything but a bullet to the head.

  • @AcruxSolus You would be scared too if you were in his position…

  • Assange is a coward and a piece of shit.

  • I appreciate WikiLeaks. But Julian Assange is a weird dude….

  • @cedroxan

    I donno.. The Nintendo Wii was a pretty cool invention, motion controlling.. awesome!

  • @kristianweston still if the goverment just ignored wikileaks and didnt make a big deal about it then no one would even know it existed.

  • @kristianweston that is my point.. He could use wikileak to make all kind of crap up..

    I’m sure there are probably some anti-defamation laws out there though.

  • @kristianweston ” im proclaiming all governments liars and corrupt murders from my own IP, ”

    And that has as much credbility as wikileaks.

    Who ensures that wikileaks is accurate?? Afterall anyone can make wild claims and then say they were leaked.

    I could claim the the goverment knew the pope was a childmolestor

  • Recently our indian govt order to crackdown a peaceful march and police attacked poor ppls beaten woman children, teenagers were raped in dark night and thrown in gutter. But our corrupted media is under control of crrptd govt. wish if we had person like Julian who can expose both indian journalism and govt.

  • PacifyingBehindProxy

    February 6, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    In conclusion, we need education and hackers.

  • AmerikanPatriot

    February 6, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    How is it that we can send in gunships to shoot up Gaddafi, but we leave Assange luxuriating in his English mansion. The Obama regime suffers from severe disconnect.

  • the penta-goner is now hiring programmers for E.V.I.L~W.E.E.D. [ electronic vector intercept language – world electronic edge detector ] a new programming field to keep newbies, neophytes, innocents and nimrods from falling into the hands of the damned using an un-canny edge-detector

  • Assange is a very brave man.

    Although the wikileaks stuff mostly just confirmed what I already knew. It also coincides quite well with what Chomsky is saying.

  • @AmerikanPatriot Well what I’m saying is that it is unfair to compare Assange to a terrorist. He is not planting bombs or planning slaughters. His aim is to broadcast the truth, and while I’m not saying I agree with his every move, I see his ideologies and over all aims as ultimately good. Assange is not a murderer.

  • AmerikanPatriot

    February 6, 2012 at 4:37 pm

    @StevenE93 So, what you’re saying is, with the 9/11 terrorists for example; that we have to wait until the consequences of their actions have taken place rather than pre-empt them? I hope you are not in any position of authority, no-one would be safe.

  • peopletraffikersRus

    February 6, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    whens strawManning getting out of jail? lol.

  • @AmerikanPatriot Julian Assange is not “on the run.” He has a fixed address in the UK and is under house arrest there. He reports to the nearest police station every day and has so far been totally cooperative of the terms of his bail. The UK government knows exactly where he is and the reason he is still alive is because there is a remarkable difference between Bin Laden and Assange. There is no evidence that anything Assange has leaked has resulted in loss of life. He is an innocent man.

  • AmerikanPatriot

    February 6, 2012 at 6:17 pm

    I can’t believe this guy is still out there on the run. If we can nail Bin Laden surely we can take out Assange. I mean, use the Navy Seals if we have to.

  • @cedroxan WOW! you sir, are a SHEEP, he has sent THOUSANDS of troops in to the middle east, ask the kids lobbing bombs at the occupying Americans what they think about america, ask they victims of the Libya bombings what they thing about america, you think his supposed “effort to change the US image within the Muslim/Arab world” makes him a man of peace? while he starts and continues massive illegal wars? and “i’m French. i know what i’m talking about” lol honestly? i mean… honestly?

  • @simonk512 Thanks to Obama & his relentless effort to change the US image within the Muslim/Arab world, the world become a better place.During Dubbia mandate,the US were the most hated place on earth. I’m French, i know what i’m talking about.Go ask the Muslims and the Arabs what they thought and what they think now about the US,you’ll be surprised by Obama’s effect on those populations. Llike it or hate it, He is teh MAN of Peace.He amazingly stepped over the mines field left by his predecessor

  • @cedroxan wow, what does Obama deserve his peace prize for? cowering to Zionists? continuing and supporting illegal wars? and seriously you’re going to get in to Kissinger a known war criminal….

  • @AntonYagonov Is Daniel Ellsberg, a national hero for exposing the Nixon administration’s crimes, also a front for the big plan? Why allow corrupt officials to keep us in the dark and avoid accountability for their actions? People who commit and cover up heinous crimes cannot be trusted. They endanger us and the rest of humanity. Most don’t change except to commit worse crimes. Compromise with them leads to brutal oppression. They only care about #1. We are disposable meat to them.

  • @robertelee7 War is a hugely profitable racket. It also leaves children vulnerable to pedophiles and child slavers. Pentagon staff with child porn on their work computers were let off easy last year, but they and Obama tortured Bradley Manning for leaking their shit. The government has stolen trillions from us for their illegal wars. They’ve stolen *our* children for adoption, cannon fodder and sexual abuse. They’re stabbing us all in the back yet you defend them like obedient slaves.

  • @simonk512 kissinger’s work in the mid-east, is impressive. Obama fully deserves his Nobel prize, just look to what he’s been capable to achieve in a very short period. But before making peace with the others you have above all to make it with yourself. This might be the challenge of your life…

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