Somebody Call a Plumber

If John Kerry is elected and, somewhere down the road, he finds himself having to deal with leaks by disgruntled administration and ex-administration officials, lets be sure to remind him that he thinks leaking government documents is a good thing. This is from a July 7, 1971 profile of Kerry of the Walla Walla Union Bulletin:

He says he deplores a lack of statesmanship in this country but is cheered by Daniel Ellsberg’s action in bringing the Pentagon papers before the public.
“It shows that it’s still amazing what one honest person can do,” he said.

For those who, like me, are too young to remember the Nixon era, Daniel Ellsberg was a former normal person who gradually turned moonbat, climaxing with his leaking of confidential documents about the Vietnam War (the Pentagon Papers). Mr. Ellsberg attended some of the same anti-war rallies as Kerry back in the 70’s:

Awe-struck and admiring, [reporter J. Anthony] Lucas followed Ellsberg on his round of activities. First he receives an award from the Federal Employees for Peace, and we hear him dropping into the vintage idiom of radical chic: "Brothers and sisters, I am really high on you…" Then he is on one 747 jet after another, to L.A., to Chicago, everywhere.”
At the Orchestra Hall in Chicago there is a giant Peace Awards event. Searchlights probe the night sky. Ramsey Clark is master of ceremonies. Joan Baez is there, and George Wald, and Pete McCloskey and John Kerry and Wayne Morse. Ellsberg goes over big. (Coshocton Tribune 2/1/72)

Oh, and the brave Mr. Ellsberg was recently making headlines by encouraging Bush administration officials to follow in his footsteps and leak documents about Operation Enduring Freedom.

I’m sure Mr. Kerry will feel the same way about people like Daniel Ellsberg when it’s his administration being kneecapped.