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Show y-,. j v) f J Goffs Gallery 1 Even patriots must be punished for breaking laws BY MAX GOFF On June 30 shortly before the Supreme Court released it's decision concerning the controversial "Pentagon Papers," Senator Mike Gravel, freshman Democrat from Alaska, released secret Pentagon papers to newsmen at "one of the most unusual hearings ever held at the Capitol." Gravel reportedly invited all comers to a hearing after being denied the right to read the papers in front of the entire Senate, and read aloud for three hours. At the end of his presentation, he began sobbing and ended the hearing with, "What I do today I do because I love this country." I have no doubt that Senator Mike Gravel loves his country. I have no doubt that he did what he did in , pursuance of objectives which are perfectly legita-mate. legita-mate. But the fact remains that he may have violated the rules of conduct of the Senate and should be punished accordingly. We can put Daniel Ellsburg in the same boat. He being a patriotic American, released the controversial' "Pentagon Papers" to the press in the fir ' P Those papers being top secret documents, wi in violation of the law and should be response his actions. , I don't disagree with their actions. 1 tmi men should be commended for a great service people of this country. , . try But we can't lose sight of the fact that this country was founded on law, on the supremecy oi law and respect for the law. . . A person may . find justification for bre , law, and is morally obligated to do s0-BUlfiedhejs. ! , a person breaks the law, no matter how just : he should be prepared to take the consequen Martin Luther King learned this lesson w & . the Civil Rights movement of the early sna , not hesitate to ignore and break bigote South. But he did not hesitate to go to ja occasions. In the words of the late Sena b,e' . Kennedy, "Liberty and law are , |