Ellsberg, Others Arrested at Manning Quantico Protest

Amy Flowers Umble
The Free Lance-Star
March 21, 2011

Twice this weekend, police put plastic riot cuffs on Daniel Ellsberg’s hands.

The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971 was arrested Saturday in Washington and again Sunday in Quantico.

Ellsberg was one of about 35 protesters taken into custody for refusing to leave U.S. 1 in front of the main gate of the Marine Corps base.

Hundreds rallied in support of Pfc. Bradley Manning, an Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks.

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This article was posted: Monday, March 21, 2011 at 9:41 am

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