Help Wanted

"Long-time, well-known leaker seeks help."

Such the useful idiot:

Ellsberg's challenge is found in the October issue of Harper's magazine, to appear next week. E&P has obtained an advance copy. The article is titled, "The Next War," with the conflict in question a possible face-off between the U.S. and Iran. Ellsberg, based on unconfirmed reporting by Seymour Hersh and others, believes there is a "hidden crisis," with government insiders aware of "serious plans for war with Iran" while "congress and the public remain largely in the dark."

His remedy: "Conscientious insiders" need to leak hard evidence to the press and public, while risking their current and future employment, as he did in the early 1970s.

His first problem of course is relying on reporting from Uncle Sy. I can cut him a break there; plenty of people still give him the benefit of the doubt on everything. Though why, I'm not sure.

Ellsberg gets no pass on the second issue however. There is no excuse for advocating what would essentially be an act of treason.