Birth: August 25, 1939
We all have a responsibility, and as Rabbi Heschel, one of my prophets, has put it: "Those who condone, or are silent, in the face of injustice, are ….
You do what you know is good, because it's good, and then you have a certain peace of mind, saying, you've been an activist in a constructive way..
You know, it's hard to say this, but I suspect that Obama is afraid either of blackmail potential or even worse. And he has referred to the killing o….
I have the manual, and the sad thing is that many of the techniques are exactly the same ones with a few enhancements by the US since World War II. S….
Everyone knows that due process means judicial process, and when John Brennan brings him a list of people to be killed this particular week, that's n….
This was the ethos of the intelligence analysis directorate during most of the 27 years I spent there..
My view of Bradley Manning is that he's a very courageous young man who... did what I didn't have the guts to do during the Vietnam war..
Form a small group. Five or six people, of people who think the way you do, and are willing to meet regularly, every week, and you will be surprised ….
Now, how do you explain Obama's claim, that he can kill American citizens without due process? Well, he has his attorney general get up and say, "Wel….
And the passiveness, you know, the apathy, well, that's not responsible citizenship. When I'm asked, why am I an activist, I say, well that's the ren….
Well, the role of our "allies," in my view, is a scandal. 53 other countries cooperated in the kidnapping, "extraordinary rendition," of suspected te….
I think the question really is, whether our political leaders have stepped out of bounds. Because all this has been approved by our political leaders….
You know, we may just be planting seeds for future generations, but that's okay. We can't be deterred from doing things, because we might be laughed ….
I would have never thought that I would hear myself saying that the president of the United States is afraid of the CIA. But he is. He's afraid of th….
I would say that not many German people are still alive, who experienced what happened during the third reich. We don't have to go to the Stasi, we c….
I would answer with the words of the Stasi alumnus Wolfgang Schmidt, who was asked that question: "What about these Americans who say, I have nothing….
I knew about some experience on the operational part of the CIA with Latin American services and so forth having to do with torture. But this was the….
Our bill of rights has been shredded. The fourth amendment specifically prohibits the kind of activities the NSA is involved in domestically. The fif….
When Private Bradley [aka Chelsea] Manning put his conscience ahead of his personal well-being by allegedly releasing important information to the wo….
Now the big danger is to avoid doing anything, unless you have a surety, unless you have an assurance that you'll be successful. It's not about being….
When an administration embarks on a war justified by little or no intelligence, speaking the truth can be regarded as treachery. The country could us….