Wikileaks and Necessity Defense

[correction: Patty has informed me that Emma K. (Herrera) is not scheduled to be part of the trial.]

Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War are working to flesh out and give meaning to the stories massive dump of formerly secret US government documents that are now available at Wikileaks http://wikileaks.org/.

This is interesting because:

The previously postponed Imani/Herrera trial, in which the defendants have been granted the ability to defend themselves based on the necessity of their actions, will resume this week in Tacoma;

And Daniel Ellsberg, who is famous for releasing the Pentagon Papers, is scheduled to be in town as a witness for the defense.

I just saw Patty today, who showed me a short blurb in a magazine (I don't which magazine, maybe Time,) with a photo of Ellsberg and a short statement that he wished the "Pentagon Papers" for Afghanistan would be released now—not 5 years or 30 years from now—but now. As in NOW!

Well, with the files that have been uploaded to wikileaks now available for all to see, we just might have our wish.

Good luck to the Imani/Herrera defense team in their trial this week.

Although it seems to me that they have already won. They were victorious when they stood up against the harmful establishment of US imperialism.

What this trial is really about are the immoral and illegal actions of the US Government. Go Imani/Herrera!