. >> we will speak with whistleblower daniel ellsberg who is in new york this week to attend an appeal in his lawsuit against the ndaa. we will speak with computer security researcher jacob appelbaum who lost a federal appeals court ruling that the government could subpoena his twitter and e-mail information without a warrant as part of its probe into wikileaks. the boy scouts of america prepared to vote on whether to lift its ban on gay members. >> the question always comes down to, can case raise quick -- raise kids? most people really do not have an answer. i raise my hand and say, i was raised by gay couple and i'm doing pretty well. i started 99% on the act, i own and operate my own business, i am an eagle scout. i believe i would make you very proud. >> we will speak with eagle scouts zach wahls. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the obama administration's legal rationale for assassinating u.s. citizens without charge has been revealed for the first time. a secret justice department document obta

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impeachment committee i remember all of the machinations as watergate unfolded i also remember daniel ellsberg and the pentagon papers and all of the violations of american rights and liberties by our own government that were veals in those congressional investigations the church committee hearings. and which the mair america found out just how far the government had gone to silence or dissidents journalists activists and those who had become enemies of the state as defined by the government in secret now that was the one nine hundred seventy s. . and frank church had warned the nation then particularly respect to the technology of the national security agency and others. that if we ever found ourselves in a similar scenario in the future would we able be able to pull ourselves back across the rubicon because it might be too late well speaking of too late do you think that the not only the egregious erosion of their our civil liberties systematically so far after an event like nine eleven but that coupled with the corporate state that actually profits off this the surveillance state all of the

impeachment committee i remember all of the machinations as watergate unfolded i also remember daniel ellsberg and the pentagon papers and all of the violations of american rights and liberties by our own government that were veals in those congressional investigations the church committee hearings in which the mare america found out just how far the government had gone to silence or dissidents journalists activists and those who had become enemies of the state as defined by the government in secret now that was the one nine hundred seventy s. . and frank church had warned the nation that in particular respect to the technology of the national security agency and others. that if we ever found ourselves in a similar scenario in the future would we be able be able to pull ourselves back across the rubicon because it might be too late well speaking of too late do you think that not only the egregious erosion of their our civil liberties systematically so far after an event like nine eleven but that coupled with the corporate state that actually profits off this the surveillance state all of these

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they blow the whistle on someone else's crimes or someone else's fraud when their distance from daniel ellsberg oh the vietnam war of course what a hero ellsberg was not a hero in too many people in the seventy's when he when he actually you know played a role in public in getting the pentagon papers published as you noted six national security government employees have been prosecuted under the espionage act in recent years for various acts of either disclosing classified information or for whistle blowing. and it's a really contradictory picture actually under how things have changed recently obama has actually strengthened whistleblower protections for federal workers in a lot of other areas but in the national security arena as you know this is the most draconian crackdown in history and it suggests to me that you know i think where where the conversation should go is how do americans feel about that you know we have this sort of. or about the whistleblower as a kind of hero in hollywood films but when it comes right down to it are people upset about this and if they are upset why aren't mo

. >> to hear our full interview with daniel ellsberg, go to democracynow.org.the main umbrella group for immigrant youth activists is calling for an immigration overhaul that goes beyond the bi-partisan proposals endorsed by president obama last week. on wednesday, the united we dream network announced it will call for citizenship to all of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the u.s., not just the granting of legal status and not just to those who came to the country as children. many of the youth activists, known as streamers, have received temporary legal status under the obama administration measure for immigrants below the age of 31 brought to the u.s. at a young age. under their proposals, the dreamers are rejecting calls to link the granting of citizenship with border security benchmarks, and calling for the granting of residency to foreign-born partners in same- sex relationships. the dreamers issued their call one day after meeting with president obama and other progressive groups at the white house. obama reportedly rejected calls to e

they blow the whistle on someone else's crimes or someone else's fraud when their distance from daniel ellsberg oh the vietnam war of course what i hear. ellsberg was not a hero in too many people in the seventy's when he when he actually you know played a role in public in getting the pentagon papers published as you noted six national security government employees have been prosecuted under the espionage act in recent years for various acts of either disclosing classified information or for whistle blowing. and it's a really contradictory picture actually under how things have changed recently obama has actually strengthened whistleblower protections for federal workers in a lot of other areas but in the national security arena as you know this is the most draconian crackdown in history and it suggests to me that you know i think where where the conversation should go is how do americans feel about that you know we have this sort of lore about the whistleblower as a kind of hero in hollywood films but when it comes right down to it are people upset about this and if they are upset why aren't

i don't know if you read daniel ellsberg spoke. i read and take us inside when it came out and he of course is the guy who copied the pentagon papers to get the monastery. it is a very interesting book and have been a student of vietnam before the common but his basic outrage came after being part of the pentagon papers, he came to the conclusion that american policymakers had done analysis after analysis and they kept coming to the conclusion that what they needed to do in vietnam was asked, but politically they were going to do that, so they were following policy why cynically, knowing the probability of success is low. they took a politically expedient route against what they -- what policy prescriptions that if he wanted to succeed juergen have to do. so i thought a lot about that and it's a very difficult question to ask because u.s. yourself at each stage, what do the american people know? how much are they supposed to know? i think we struggle to ban was trying to explain something as complex as afghanistan and not doing a a

i don't know if you've read daniel ellsberg wrote. i read the books the earth in 2005 when it came out and he of course was the guy who copied the pentagon papers and propagated them out of there. it was a very interesting book. i've been a student of vietnam before that, but his basic outrage came after being part of the pentagon papers study is what it was, he came to the conclusion that american policymakers weren't. they had done analysis after analysis and kept coming to the conclusion what they needed to do in vietnam was asked, but politically they were only willing to do why, so they were following policy white cynically, knowing the probability of success was low. so they took a politically expedient route against a policy prescription actually said if you wanted to succeed you are going to have to do. so i thought a lot about that is in three days and it's a difficult question to ask because you asked yourself at each stage, what do the american people now? how much are they supposed to know? we struggle today with trying to