Thursday, December 20, 2007

Sen. Mike Gravel for "Consiglieri"!

I saw on the TV news that US Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska is having trouble keeping his presidential campaign going... not heard of him? Again, let us re-visit the "ancient" history of the 1970s where a very brave Gravel helped get the Pentagon Papers published by Beacon Press of Boston in 1971. The "Gravel Edition", especially in paperback was seen on every college campus as students learned how we conducted the war.
Previously the secret history of our involvement in Southeast Asia was serialized in the New York Times after the famous Daniel Ellsberg leaked them - because he had a soul and a conscience! So, while the aging Gravel may not be a viable candidate for the Democratic nominiation, he should be considered as a leading candidate to advise the next president - because he too, like, Ellsberg, has a soul and a conscience!
Perhaps Beacon Press should warm up the presses since a Pentagon Papers II is on its way documenting the conduct of the current war, complete with massacres of civilians, torture and much worse...
Do not forget to take a look at this PDF where the FBI's harassment of Beacon Press is documented on a handy timeline.

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