During the Nixon White House years, Henry Kissinger once called this man ” the most dangerous man in America”. Daniel Ellsberg was that man. An administration man, Ellsberg was no outsider prying into top secret matters, but he was a Harvard-educated former Marine officer had done brilliant work as a Pentagon analyst justifying expanded US presence and activities in Indochina (now known as Southeast Asia) . The “Pentagon Papers” were a litany of betrayals and lies by several administrations–both Democratic and Republican–lying about the facts of the war. They promised to work for peace while seeking a wider war behind the scenes. They declared fidelity to democracy yet sabotaged elections, and exhibited a great callousness to the loss of lives — both Vietnamese and American.
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The New York Times became the first newspaper to begin publishing “The Pentagon Papers” on June 13, 1971, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger told his staff that Ellsberg was “the most dangerous man in America who must be stopped at all costs.”
I had the opportunity to interview Daniel Ellsberg and Judith Ehrlich and it is shown below. Yes, I will say I was a bit star-struck in a way that typically never strikes me– because Daniel Ellsberg is part of history that changed the relationship of journalism with the government and more specifically the White House. I was talking to man who helped change the direction of the entire US government and that change is still important and applicable today.
While along with Woodward and Berstein were journalists, Ellsberg was a tried and true government man with deep roots in the military.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg & Pentagon Papers Documentary from stevie wilson on Vimeo.
This was not a casual story– but a serious change of direction of his entire life which separates his life story from Woodward & Bernstein’s in a very serious way. He was not paid to do what he did. He brought attention to the Nixon Administration in a way that routed Nixon from the White House. This is the story of a man taking a stand for something that he believed in and that was the importance of the truth to the American people. Within this interview, you will find references to CURRENT events where this still applies.
This documentary is available throughout the month of October on PBS website in the POV section. Please take the time to watch it–whether you were alive then or not– you will learn some things about the government that will open your eyes. It certainly did mine and my friends.
Thank you to Mr. Daniel Ellsberg and Ms.Judith Erhlich for their time.
Stevie Wilson, LA-Story.com
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