Daniel Ellsberg on the Bush Administration

Here is an interesting interview with Daniel Ellsberg on the Bush administration. A couple of the things he said leapt out at me:

1. Everything done by Nixon to keep him from exposing the "Pentagon Papers" is now perfectly legal under the Patriot Act.

2. Daniel said that he would like to see President Bush directly asked 'Do you, Mr. President, believe that a Palestinian state in the West Bank would postpone the return of the Messiah?'

He thinks the President would "find it hard to say that he doesn't believe that, because he's supposed to witness for what he believes in his religious faith and he'd lose a lot of support if he denied that."

Ye doth protest too little

I don't know about you, but I sure would like to see a reporter ask President Bush Daniel's question live. As an American I feel more entitled to his response than to Michael Jackson's extra-musical activities, the contents of the Presidential Ipod, or Jenna Bush's dance routines.