Congressman - Executing Pentagon Papers Leaker Daniel Ellsberg Should Have Been Considered

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During an August 3, 2010 Interview on MSNBC by Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks, and MSNBC contributor) Republican Congressman Mike Rogers, member of Select Intelligence Committee and former FBI special agent called for the Capital Punishment for Private Manning for the crime of treason and also said that we should have executed Daniel Ellsberg the leaker of the Pentagon Papers.

- while discussing the topic of whether or not Private Bradley Manning should get capital punishment...

[2:48] Congressman Rogers: If he is convicted of treason I absolutely would support capital punishment.

[2:54] Cenk: So would you have supported the execution of Daniel Ellsberg for leaking the Pentagon Papers?

[3:00] Congressman Rogers: Well I don't know all the circumstances around it, if it was information that certainly put soldiers at risk in the field and he was convicted of treason absolutely, and you know here's the thing, when something is leaked that you find useful in the media or somebody finds useful in the media that seems to be some moral equivalent of being okay, the problem is it creates this culture of disclosure in the military...

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[soldout83]

Keep quiet of the atrocities you have seen or you will be executed. Lovely.

[norvman]

Why are we not prosecuting every member of the CIA?

after all they have endangered every member, if not all the members, of the Military by getting us into wars and conflicts. on misinformation... and Dirty Tricks... (Nukes in Iraq... The Gulf of Tonkin.. Bay of Pigs...) So sure lets hang Ellsberg but not until we have hung every member of the CIA and shut them down.

[VieuxMalcommode]

Only a heartless fascist like Mike Rogers could have spearheaded CISPA... The more I learn about him the angrier I get... How did such scum ever get elected?

[TheToastBoi9000]

Hey, Mike Rogers... GO FUCK YOURSELF, YOU FAT FUCKING COCK SUCKER!

[TheToastBoi9000]

Did you know Mike Rogers introduced CISPA... TWICE in Congress? This fuck even retweeted the fact he got money to reintroduce the bill into Congress. Mike Rogers is a fucking piece of shit anyways. He's a fat piece of shit anyways

[TheFrancescoitalia]

I hope someone Execute this Motherfucker Congressman Mike Rogers.

[Richard Challinor]

People voted for this guy?!

[478baker]

becauce the govt.commits the crime,is it protected under national security?..we can't see that or read that?..that's a classic sign of hiding something..probably lying..i was raised to belive that crime is crime,and should be delt with as such..HOW is the govt.above the law?..i hear NOBODY discussing the massacre video as a war crime,or even anyone standing up for the govt. to explain it..i only hear "kill the messenger"..bury the truth...

[478baker]

this guy says "disclosure gets people killed"?..this clip is nearly 2 years old now and still nobody has died,or even been attacked by anything that came from wikileeeeks...the govt. got caught with their pants down,lying and cheating and spying on allies,on top of war crimes..i see commercials that say "if you see something,say something"..thats what julian did..saying something is treason?....because the govt. commits the crime,that makes it ok?..

[kingboobs20]

Too bad this asshat was being interviewed by MSNBC Cenk and not TYT Cenk.

[dsspike51]

F.B.I. agents supposedly have college degrees - I be satisfied by seeing his kindergarden diploma.

[Frazer Brunton]

Congressman YOU ARE THE ONE GUILTY OF TREASON!