Update #2 USA Today has something up with pics.
VFP President Mike Ferner in the snow.
Nice Picture from AFP
UPDATE Just got off the phone, 131 arrested and are now being released, should by all out by dinner time.
Veterans for Peace Take Demand to White House Fence.
Over one hundred members of Veterans For Peace and their supporters including Dan Ellsberg were arrested today outside the White House today.
Just got off the phone with a member who reported the news.
Just posted video of the demonstration.
Huffinton Post story from yesterday.
Ellsberg, Other Anti-War Protesters To Chain Themselves To White House Fence
Even as President Obama on Thursday attempts to put a good face on the war in Afghanistan, Vietnam-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and several dozen other anti-war protesters will be chaining themselves to the White House fence, inviting arrest in the name of peace.
"We are dedicated to exposing the true costs of war and militarism," explained Mike Ferner, the president of Veterans for Peace, the group organizing Thursday's Lafayette Square rally and civil disobedience.
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"We are hoping that our actions will spark resistance everywhere," said Veterans for Peace Vice President Leah Bolger. "We are hoping to make people question what the government is doing in our name."
Updates as they come in.
