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Daniel Ellsberg - Truth-telling in a Time of War
June 7, 2006
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"What do you do then, instead of keeping your mouth shut. Cast your whole vote. Not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence." Daniel Ellsberg
Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg secured his place in US history in 1971 when he leaked seven thousand pages of classified, top secret documents to the New York Times. Those documents are known as The Pentagon Papers - a Pentagon-commissioned report of the United States 30-year involvement in Indochina that led to the Vietnam War. They revealed a massive government cover-up.
June 13th, 2006 marked the 35th Anniversary of the release of the Pentagon Papers series.
On this edition, we hear from Ellsberg delivering a speech to anti-war activists at the Crawford Peace House in Texas. He reflects on civil disobedience advocating for people to blow the whistle and go to jail in order to save lives.
Featuring:
Daniel Ellsberg, author, whistleblower and activist. He is a supporter of National Radio Project.
Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio.
Contributing Producer: Sarah Olson.
For more information:
Daniel Ellsberg's Website
www.ellsberg.net
The Truth-Telling Project
project@ellsberg.net
National Security Archive
The George Washington University
2130 H Street, NW
Gelman Library, Suite 701
Washington, DC, 20037
202-994-7000; fax: 202-994-7005
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/index.html
URL related to Pentagon Papers
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB48/
Crawford Peace House
9142 East 5th Street
Crawford, TX 76638-3037
254-486-0099
www.crawfordpeacehouse.org
Henry David Thoreau's Essay on "Civil Disobedience"
http://thoreau.eserver.org/civil.html
Other helpful links:
Project on Government Oversight
www.pogo.org
Government Accountability Project
www.whistleblower.org
National Whistleblower Center
www.whistleblowers.org
OpenTheGovernment.org
www.openthegovernment.org
Project on Government Secrecy
www.fas.org/sgp/index.html