 And as a consequence, they face persecution, imprisonment, assassination, whatever sordid punishments the machinery of the rogue deep state can cook up. People like Daniel Ellsberg, William Binney, Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter, Ed Snowden, Chelsea Manning, George Galloway, conscientious objectors, truth-tellers, resistance fighters, among others that are out there who are persecuted for their belief systems, for their thought crimes.