Ellsberg: Speak out while you can

US whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg raps those aware of Bush's violations of the Constitution, saying they should speak out and save lives.

"When they keep silent about their knowledge of that situation, they are themselves violating their oath to support and defend the Constitution," Ellsberg said in an interview with City Pages.

Advising such people to reveal truths that might save an untold number of lives, the former military analyst explained that there is a high possibility of new military adventurism in the Middle East.

"Don't wait till bombs are falling in Iran or a new war is started wrongly or thousands more people have died when you know that your bosses are lying the public into a wrongful war or committing other crimes or violating the constitution," said the former Pentagon official.

According to Ellsberg, there is a good chance that Bush will wage war on Iran in the next year.

"I think that the risk remains significant, and indeed the fact that the President isn't running again for office may free him in his mind," he explained.

Daniel Ellsberg, who shocked the world in 1971 by disclosing 7,000 classified pages of a Defense Department report, revealed the existence a much deeper battle in Vietnam than the public was aware of. Press TV