June, 2013

Posted on Jun 21, 2013 by max
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Camouflaging the Vietnam War: How Textbooks Continue to Keep the Pentagon Papers a Secret

Camouflaging the Vietnam War: How Textbooks Continue to Keep the Pentagon Papers a Secret

Like today’s whistle-blowers Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden, Daniel Ellsberg knew the consequences for his act of defiance. Ultimately, he was indicted on 11 counts of theft and violation of the Espionage Act. If convicted on all counts, the penalty added up to 130 years in prison. This story is chronicled dramatically in the film The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, and in Ellsberg’s own gripping autobiography, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.

Posted on Jun 13, 2013 by max
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Ellsberg in the news with Snowden leaks

We’re glad to see whistleblowers like Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden bringing awareness to this critical issue!  Daniel Ellsberg has been weighing in as the “grandfather of all whistleblowers.”

Daniel Ellsberg praises Edward Snowden

NSA contractor joins Ellsberg as high-profile leaker

Daniel Ellsberg On NSA Spying: ‘We’re A Turnkey Away From A Police State’

TIME’s 1971 Cover Stories on Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Also, here’s a new 5 star review, “Still all too timely & necessary”

With several whistleblowers in the news lately, all of whom face immediate criminal charges & outraged excoriation by politicians & pundits across the board, it’s good to be reminded of history. What these young whistleblowers are doing today is precisely what Daniel Ellsberg did some 40 years ago. Both then & now, the whistleblowers were fairly conservative individuals at first, eager to be of service to their country … until they gradually became aware of the crimes being committed by their country, from shredding the Constitution to killing innocent civilians around the world.