Edward Snowden was inspired to act by this film! Maybe Dan Ellsberg is right, courage is contagious!

Dan Ellsberg may have been proven right when he said, “Courage is Contagious.”

According to The Dissenter, “Ellsberg said that Snowden had communicated to him that he had viewed the documentary, The Most Dangerous Man in America, which tells the story of how Ellsberg came to release the Pentagon Papers in 1971 and how President Richard Nixon tried to destroy him. Snowden apparently indicated to Ellsberg that viewing this film hardened his resolve to release NSA documents to the public.”

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