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said exactly that changed my worldview. It was the example he was setting with his life. How his words in general showed that he was a stellar American, and that he was going to jail as a very deliberate choice – because he thought it was the right thing to do. There was no question in my mind that my government was involved in an unjust war that was going to continue and get larger. Thousands of young men were dying each year. I left the auditorium and found a deserted men's room. I sat on the floor and cried for over an hour, just sobbing. The only time in my life I've reacted to something like that.

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that, "every president from Truman to Reagan, with the possible exception of Ford, has felt compelled to consider or direct serious preparations for possible imminent U.S. initiation of tactical or strategic nuclear warfare". Some of these threats were implicit; many were explicit. Many governmental

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and international labor rights accords that the United States has signed, become the supreme law of the land that neither the states, the president, nor the congress have the power to break. For example, if the Congress votes to authorize an unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation, that authorization

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Ellsberg tried to claim that the documents were "illegally" classified to keep them not from an enemy, but from the American public. However, that argument was ruled "irrelevant", and Ellsberg was silenced before he could begin. In a 2014 interview, Ellsberg stated that his "lawyer, exasperated, said

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documentary film reports how two enormous antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 pressured President Nixon to cancel his secret "madman" plans for a major escalation of the war in Vietnam, including threats to use nuclear weapons. The film was directed and produced by Stephen Talbot and features a key

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In June 2022, he said that "The Russian invasion of Ukraine has made the world far more dangerous, not only in the short run, but in ways that may be irreversible. It is a tragic and criminal attack. We are seeing humanity at its almost worst, but not quite the worst — so far, since 1945 we haven't

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devoted a substantial portion of its July 4, 2013, program to "How the Pentagon Papers Came to be Published By the Beacon Press Told by Daniel Ellsberg & Others." Ellsberg said there are hundreds of public officials right now who know that the public is being lied to about Iran. If they follow

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community. According to Liddy, when the plan was finally approved, "there was no longer enough lead time to get the Cuban waiters up from their Miami hotels and into place in the Washington Hotel where the dinner was to take place" and the plan was "put into abeyance pending another opportunity."

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And he said this very calmly. I hadn't known that he was about to be sentenced for draft resistance. It hit me as a total surprise and shock, because I heard his words in the midst of actually feeling proud of my country listening to him. And then I heard he was going to prison. It wasn't what he

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equipped and paid by a foreign power – which dictated the nature of the local regime in its own interest – was not a civil war. To say that we had "interfered" in what is "really a civil war," as most American academic writers and even liberal critics of the war do to this day, simply

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decision to publish, the fallout in the media after publication, and the Nixon Administration's legal and extra-legal campaign to discredit and incarcerate Ellsberg. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and won a Peabody Award after its 2010 POV broadcast on

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was making this point this morning... To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing.... You can't trust the government; you can't believe what they say; and you can't rely on their judgment; and the—the implicit infallibility of

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as quickly as the volcanic debris, and roughly a third of the people worldwide not killed by the nuclear exchange would starve to death, because of the resulting crop failures. However, if more than roughly 2 percent of the U.S. nuclear arsenal were used, the results would more likely be a

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The public is lied to every day by the President, by his spokespeople, by his officers. If you can't handle the thought that the President lies to the public for all kinds of reasons, you couldn't stay in the government at that level, or you're made aware of it, a week. ... The fact is

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fifty years earlier when he copied the Pentagon Papers, but chose not to release the documents then. Instead, Ellsberg released the documents in the spring of 2021 because he said he was concerned about mounting tensions between the U.S. and China over the fate of

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After the Vietnam War, Ellsberg continued his political activism, giving lecture tours and speaking out about current events. Reflecting on his time in government, Ellsberg said the following, based on his extensive access to classified material:

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Randy Kehler never thought his going to prison would end the war. If I hadn't met Randy Kehler it wouldn't have occurred to me to copy . His actions spoke to me as no mere words would have done. He put the right question in my mind at the right

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toward targets in the U.S., presumed to be the origin of such attacks. The first ICBMs launched in this way "would beep a Go signal to any ICBM sites they passed over", which would launch those other ICBMs without further human intervention.

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for anti-war activism. Ellsberg particularly recalled Tschannerl saying "In my world, there are no enemies", and that "she gave me a vision, as a Gandhian, of a different way of living and resistance, of exercising power nonviolently."

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In spite of being effectively denied a defense, Ellsberg began to see events turn in his favor when the break-in of Fielding's office was revealed to Judge Byrne in a memo on April 26; Byrne ordered that it be shared with the defense.

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he 'had never heard of a case where a defendant was not permitted to tell the jury why he did what he did.' The judge responded: 'Well, you're hearing one now'. And so it has been with every subsequent whistleblower under indictment".

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Presidents rarely say the whole truth—essentially, never say the whole truth—of what they expect and what they're doing and what they believe and why they're doing it and rarely refrain from lying, actually, about these matters.

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and other charges including theft and conspiracy, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years for Ellsberg and 35 years for Russo. Their trial commenced in Los Angeles on January 3, 1973, presided over by U.S. District Judge

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along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a maximum sentence of 115 years. Because of governmental misconduct and illegal evidence-gathering (committed by the same people who would later be involved in the

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Shortly after Ellsberg copied the documents, he resolved to meet some of the people who had influenced both his change of heart on the war and his decision to act. One of them was Randy Kehler. Another was the poet

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in the village of Garani. Ellsberg expressed hope that either Assange or President Obama would post the video, and expressed his strong support for Assange and Manning, whom he called "two new heroes of mine".

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on May 18, 2018, Ellsberg was critical of U.S. intervention overseas especially in the Middle East, stating, "I think, in Iraq, America has never faced up to the number of people who have died because of

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for "putting peace and truth first, at considerable personal risk, and dedicating his life to inspiring others to follow his example". He received the Dresden Peace Prize in 2016. He received the 2018

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to punish whistleblowers. Ellsberg noted the Act applies to everyone, not just spies, and prohibits a defendant from explaining the reasons for revealing classified information in the public interest.

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presidents, which has been an accepted thing in America, is badly hurt by this, because It shows that people do things the president wants to do even though it's wrong, and the president can be wrong.

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In 2020, Ellsberg testified in defense of Assange during Assange's extradition hearings. Ellsberg spoke out vociferously against the threats to press freedom from such whistleblower prosecution.

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escorted by high performance fighter aircraft, while a US aircraft carrier task force moved into station just offshore. Ellsberg noted that it might be more accurate to classify this incident

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of Alaska entered 4,100 pages of the Papers into the record of his Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds—pages which he had received from Ellsberg via Ben Bagdikian on June 26.

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officials and authors claimed that those threats made major contributions to achieving important policy objectives. Ellsberg's examples are summarized in the following table:

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Sanford J. Ungar, The Papers & The Papers, An Account of the Legal and Political Battle Over the Pentagon Papers, 1972, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York; p. 127

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temporarily halt further publication. This was the first time the federal government was able to restrain the publication of a major newspaper since the presidency of

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It was no more a "civil war" after 1955 or 1960 than it had been during the U.S.–supported French attempt at colonial reconquest. A war in which one side was

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reported Ellsberg had released classified documents revealing the Pentagon in 1958 drew up plans to launch a nuclear attack on China amid tensions over the

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At the outset of this incident, Truman deployed B-29s similar to those that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but not the nuclear-capable

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alleged to be civilians. Ellsberg said that he fears for Manning and for Julian Assange, as he feared for himself after the initial publication of the

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On his return from South Vietnam, Ellsberg resumed working at RAND. In 1967, he contributed with 33 other analysts to a top-secret 47-volume study of

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to deter the Soviet Union from officially transferring to East Germany control of the land corridor to Berlin, an explicit part of the Soviet plan.

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In releasing the classified documents, Ellsberg offered himself as a defendant in a test case challenging the U.S. Justice Department's use of the

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founded by Edmonds, and in 2008, he condemned many U.S. media outlets for purportedly ignoring articles about Edmonds's allegations regarding

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On September 3, 1971, the burglary of Fielding's office—titled "Hunt/Liddy Special Project No. 1" in Ehrlichman's notes—was carried out by

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To deter an attack on Chinese nuclear capability, 1969–70, or a Soviet response to possible Chinese intervention against India in the

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that he hoped someone would leak information about a potential U.S. invasion of Iran before the invasion happened, to stop the war.

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In response to the leaks, Nixon White House staffers began a campaign against further leaks and against Ellsberg personally. Aides

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screened a more painful reality and was as much a myth as the earlier official one of "aggression from the North." In terms of the

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Nixon Oval Office meeting with H.R. Haldeman, Monday, June 14, 1971, 3:09 pm. (Quote begins at about 7:30 into the recording)

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and called on others to leak any papers that reveal government deception about the invasion. Ellsberg also testified at the 2004

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As an example of the third concern, Ellsberg discussed an interview he had in 1958 with a major, who commanded a squadron of 12

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On June 28, 1971, two days before a Supreme Court ruling saying that a federal judge had ruled incorrectly about the right of

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and given three to six months to live; he publicly disclosed his diagnosis the following month. Ellsberg died at his home in

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steering group wrote a letter to the president challenging a recently published book that claimed to rebut the report of the

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s battle with the federal government over its right to publish the Pentagon Papers. In the movie, Ellsberg is portrayed by

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Ellsberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 7, 1931, the son of Harry and Adele (Charsky) Ellsberg. His parents were

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and Rick Goldsmith traced the decision-making processes by which Ellsberg came to leak the Pentagon Papers to the press,

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This event was virtually unknown at the time outside secret government circles. It was discussed six years later by

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The vast majority of the population of an initiator state would likely starve to death during a "nuclear autumn" or "

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As long as the world maintains large nuclear arsenals, it is not a matter of if, but when, a nuclear war will occur.

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orders, they may become complicit in starting an unnecessary war. If they are faithful to their oath to protect the

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Stone, Oliver and Kuznick, Peter, "The Untold History of the United States" (New York: Gallery Books, 2012) p. 384

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Ellsberg was arrested, in November 2005, for violating a county ordinance for trespassing while protesting against

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about the Pentagon Papers and Ellsberg's involvement in their publication. The movie, in which he is portrayed by

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both in Europe and the Pacific. The major said his official orders were to wait for orders from his superiors in

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On March 21, 2011, Ellsberg, along with 35 other demonstrators, was arrested during a demonstration outside the

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For Eisenhower's secret nuclear threats against China to force and maintain a settlement in Korea in 1953, see

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would not make the attack legal. A president citing the authorization as just cause could be prosecuted in the

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Daniel Ellsberg, "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" (New York: Viking, 2002), pp. 258–260

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documents on the conduct of the Vietnam War, commissioned by Defense Secretary McNamara and supervised by

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In June 2013, Ellsberg and numerous celebrities appeared in a video showing support for Chelsea Manning.

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nations," and, "Russia is an indispensable enemy." He said both the United States and Russia have their

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published the first of nine excerpts from, and commentaries on, the 7,000-page collection. For 15 days,

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and later documentation of nuclear war plans. However, the nuclear planning materials were hidden in a

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Ellsberg allowed some copies of the documents to circulate privately, including among scholars at the

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How the Pentagon Papers Came to be Published By the Beacon Press Told by Daniel Ellsberg & Others

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In June 2010, Ellsberg was interviewed regarding the parallels between his actions in releasing the

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Public warning of a nuclear option against Libya's underground chemical weapons facility in 1996.

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and those of Manning, who was arrested by the U.S. military in Iraq after allegedly providing to

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The Papers and the Papers: An Account of the Legal and Political Battle over the Pentagon Papers

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Robert S. Norris; Hans M. Kristensen (September 1, 2006). "U.S. nuclear threats: Then and now".

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Robert S. Norris; Hans M. Kristensen (September 1, 2006). "U.S. nuclear threats: Then and now".

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Robert S. Norris; Hans M. Kristensen (September 1, 2006). "U.S. nuclear threats: Then and now".

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Robert S. Norris; Hans M. Kristensen (September 1, 2006). "U.S. nuclear threats: Then and now".

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Ernest C. Bolt (January 2002). "No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam".

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Because of the gross governmental misconduct and illegal evidence gathering, and the defense by

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Fifty years ago today, Senator Mike Gravel read the Pentagon Papers into the official record.

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were forced out of office on April 30, and all would later be convicted of crimes related to

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generally may not be consistent with well-defined subjective probabilities. Now known as the

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Ellsberg was married twice. His first marriage was in 1952 to Carol Cummings, a graduate of

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Halperin and his family sued several federal officials, claiming the wiretap violated their

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Johnson Administration had systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress

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The release of these papers was politically embarrassing not only to those involved in the

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as special assistant to Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

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Robert Burns (May 1, 1996). "Nuclear weapons only option for USA to hit buried targets".

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for his efforts in that regard. He later supported the whistleblowing efforts of British

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events while still remaining in his position at RAND. In April 1968, Ellsberg attended a

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was based on a set of thought experiments that showed that decisions under conditions of

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Hogan, Mary Ann; Hogan, Mary; Maggiore, Mary Ann; Ostrom, Mary Anne (January 25, 2018).

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and of our own avowed ideals, it was a war of foreign aggression, American aggression.

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early in the following year, later became known collectively as the "Pentagon Papers".

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was to write much later, these documents "demonstrated, among other things, that the

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and earned a commission. He served as a platoon leader and company commander in the

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Sanger, David E.; Scott, Janny; Harlan, Jennifer; Gallagher, Brian (June 9, 2021).

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It was also revealed in 1973, during Ellsberg's trial, that the telephone calls of

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After leaving RAND, Ellsberg was employed as a senior research associate at the

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Ellsberg completed a PhD in economics from Harvard in 1962. His dissertation on

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each, roughly half the explosive power of all the bombs dropped by the U.S. in

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and former RAND Corporation colleague, in a Boston-area motel. On June 30, the

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History of United States Decision-Making Process on Vietnam Policy, 1945–1967

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Empire and the bomb: How the U.S. uses nuclear weapons to dominate the world

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Ellsberg said that in regard to former FBI translator turned whistleblower

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was prevented from publishing its articles by court order requested by the

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Throughout 1970, Ellsberg covertly attempted to persuade a few sympathetic

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In late 1969, with the assistance of his former RAND Corporation colleague

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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

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Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War

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Mandate for Change: The White House Years 1953-1956: A Personal Account

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administrations, but also to the incumbent Nixon administration. Nixon's

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in 2006. He was also known for having formulated an important example in

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Ellsberg later claimed that after his trial ended, Watergate prosecutor

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staff suspected of leaking information about the secret U.S. bombing of

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for the summer of 1958 and then permanently in 1959. He concentrated on

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Konrad Ege (July 1982). "U.S. Nuclear Threats: A documentary history".

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Decades later, Ellsberg described his reaction to hearing Kehler speak:

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Release of classified documents proposing 1958 nuclear attack on China

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In a 2002 memoir, Ellsberg wrote about the Vietnam War, stating that:

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to publish the Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg publicly surrendered to the

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United States-Vietnam Relations 1945–67, Department of Defense Study

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Fielding's filing cabinet, with break-in marks, on display at the

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Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State

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Daniel Ellsberg Biography @ Encyclopedia of World Biography, via

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United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

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Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists

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As a result of the revelations involving the Watergate scandal,

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pleaded no contest for obstruction of justice in the burglary.

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Force without War: U.S. Armed forces as a political instrument

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Force without War: U.S. Armed forces as a political instrument

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Force without War: U.S. Armed forces as a political instrument

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The winning weapon: The atomic bomb in the cold war, 1945-1950

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Force without War: U.S. Armed forces as a political instrument

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Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century

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Daniel Ellsberg (December 5, 2017), "chapter 3. Delegation",

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U.S. Department of State (June 23, 2008) Freedom of the Press

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U.S. military helicopter gunships strafing and killing Iraqis

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Ellsberg, speaking at a press conference, New York City, 1972

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conference on "Revolution in a Changing World", where he met

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Hazardous Duty: An American soldier in the twentieth century

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is a 2017 historical drama film directed and co-produced by

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Threats of a nuclear attack against Iran's nuclear program.

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had systematically lied, not only to the public but also to

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Flirting with Disaster: Why Accidents are Rarely Accidental

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Russell Golman; Nikolos Gurney; George Loewenstein (2020),

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for his "profound humanism and exceptional moral courage".

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