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College Station, Texas Thursday, March 1, 1973 VlCtVpOlFlt
CADET SLOUCH
by jim Earie •( jiizrns Ys. Government’
At Stake In Ellsburg Trial
“I’m not really going anywhere; occasionally I pack up
just because it lifts my morale!”
By LARRY MARSHALL
In the latest round of the citi
zens vs. the government or as it
is better known, the Ellsberg-Rus-
so Pentagon Papers trial, the de
fense has won aquittal on two
counts after its first day of testi
mony.
The defense team, which reads
like a Who’s Who among radical
cause lawyers, is centering its
case on the premise that the de
fendants, Daniel Ellsberg and
Anthony Russo, did not actually
commit a crime in releasing the
top-secret papers to the news
media. The defense claims the
statutes under which they are
charged do not cover these spe
cific acts.
The defendeants are charged
with 15 counts of espionage, theft
and conspiracy, all stemming from
actions taken between March and
September of 1969. At that time
they photocopyed the study of the
“American history of involvement
in the Vietnam War,” which Ells
berg co-authored and leakedi it to
the New York Times and Wash
ington Post.
Superficially, this case seems
to be just a simple violation of
accepted legal statutes. Yet, upon
closer examination, it boils down
to one of either constitutionality
or morality.
Under the Espionage Act, the
Listen Up—
Unfair Publicity Charged
Editor:
I refer in this letter to your
Friday, Feb. 23 edition in which
two candidates for the office of
Student Government president
were pictured filing for office.
It seems to me that the photo
graph and caption in question give
quite an unfair advantage to the
two candidates who were lucky
enough to get in the free publicity.
Campus-wide recognition has been
given to two of three candidates
running for office in this election
which is strictly limited in expen
diture of time and money.
I realize that little, if anything,
can be done at this time. I do,
however, feel that it has been a
mistake on your part and should
not be repeated.
Doc Shroff, candidate for
Student Government
President
not intended to give any unfair
advantage to anyone—Ed.
★ ★ ★
Editor:
Well, now that the Board of
Directors has decided to make
Dunn Hall all male it will be in
teresting to watch and see what
develops. A few things we might
watch are:
1) Will enough men want to live
in Dunn at the higher price now
that it will be all male? (Perhaps
some of the 100 extra dollars was
for benefits other than those de
rived from the physical being of
the dorm)
2) Will Texas A&M ever pro- j
gress (Back) to a co-ed dorm? |
(It might take another 100
years!)
3) Will “they” move the wash
ing machines out?
4) Will the housing office be
able to handle all the administra
tive details with the present
staff? (Maybe the Board of Di
rectors could help.)
5) Will the women presently
occupying Dunn Hall have a pro
test demonstration? (Other uni
versities have anti-war marches
and anti-military marches.)
Brad Bryant
Bulletin Board
We regret that the candidates
and our photographer could not
get together at another time.
However, you had not filed for
the position when the picture was
taken. The picture merely showed
the first two candidates and was
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defendants are charged with “un
lawful dissemination of classified
government studies.” This charge
hinges on the proof by the govern
ment that Ellsberg and Russo
“intended” to damage the in
terests of the U. S. Based on the
defendants actions and statements
on the matter, it appears they felt
they had a moral obligation to
the people to release this material.
At issue constitutionally is the
question of legal classification of
government information. The de
fense claims the material was il
legally classified, which does not
make them guilty of a crime.
Congress has not passed any leg
islation giving the executive pow
er to classify information, but in
the past the President has been
able to do this by “Executive
Order.” At question is does this
carry the force of law.
The theft charges are also on
shaky ground, the defense claims,
for nothing was physically taken.
The papers were photocopyed by
Ellsberg; his daughter, Mary; his
son, Robert; Lynda Sinay Resnick
and Vu Van Thai, a former South
Vietnamese ambassador to the
U. S.
And then there’s the question
of how can a person steal some
thing he himself wrote? To
counter this the prosecution has
charged the defendants with
“theft of the arrangement of the
words on the pages,” and the
“ideas conveyed by that arrange
ment.”
All through the trial, the gov
ernment has tried to show that
the publication of the papers en
dangered national security. But,
in light of the developments, or
should I say non-developments in
the more than a year since publi
cation, this is hard to prove.
The court, located in Los
Angeles, is headed by U.S. Dis
trict Court Judge William Mat
thew Byrne Jr., a newly appoint
ed magistrate who is taking an
activist role in the proceedings.
The jury consists of 10 women
and two men.
Defending Ellsberg is Leonard
Boudin, late of the Berrigan case.
Representing Russo is Leonard
Weinglass of Chicago Seven fame.
Supporting these two is a cast
of attorneys and New York’s
dovish former Sen. Charles
Goodell.
As the trial moves on, it has
become clear that the government
is trying to keep the context of
the trial as narrow as possible. It
has moved to have all courtroom
references to the “public’s right
to know” stricken, while the de
fense has tried to broaden the
context. It wants to have the
final four volumes of the papers,
dealing with peace overtures, re
leased.
But, it is looking more and
more like the case will turn on
the government’s right to enforce
and punish violations of its secur
ity, a right commonly held neces
sary in these days and times. And
it seems that in the long run the
most notable thing about the
papers will be not what they con
tain, but the legal and ethical
issues they have brought to light.
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