Daniel Ellsberg on the Release of the “Top Secret” Pentagon Papers

On the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg describes the tension waiting for the publishing of the story: “The Times was on lock down with armed guards.. they were fearing an injunction”

[PepeRoldan]

NYT publishing wasn't civil disobedience, but freely and righteously exercising the First Amendment. Very relevant considering Assange extradition going before UK court tomorrow. Thank you, Mr. Ellsberg, you are a national treasure.

[rdpatterson]

Great and relevant piece. Thanks for this.

[dialeighslow]

You should be proud! Sadly, today you would be charged as a traitor and jailed. And we think we have free speech.

[judymeyer]

shared, free all the whistle-blowers; they are heroes

[erikpeterson]

Interesting review of history that i grew up never knew that Mr. Ellsberg served in Vietnam

[dlawrence]

This is brave act that sacrifices one's self for the betterment of society. Not like the coward Biden...

[troywalkertheprogressivean]

what stands out most for me, is the woman who stood by his side. they dont make'em like that anymore. 😔

[meetshield]

Man, I could only imagine the fear, anxiety, etc. of being face with something like he was, knowing the possibilities of what could/will likely happen for stealing and sharing information like this. Especially now a days. Very brave people, and true heroes of our country. Imagine going through anything and everything these people have gone through... with hardly anything changing because of it. Terrible.

[judymeyer]

May I suggest an interview with Maj. Danny Sjursen who writes for TruthDig?

[manjay]

It must be made clear that Ellsberg is an insider *whistle blower* who gave documents to various publishers. But Assange is a *publisher*. We *do not *know* who the *whistle blowers* are or were who sent data to Wikileaks. Big difference.

[delonthomas]

Thats was the past now its trump reign

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