Daniel Ellsberg, whose release of secret government documents to The New York Times during the Vietnam War tested the limits of national security and freedom of information, knows a thing or two about being a pariah of the state.
Ellsberg says that he suffered the same attacks now being directed at Julian Assange and Read More
“As of today, I wouldn’t have waited that long. I would have gotten a scanner and put them on the Internet … The Internet is there to bring out this evidence, when a terribly wrongful, reckless criminal act is being prepared.” — Pentagon Paper leak Daniel Ellsberg discussing how he would handle the Pentagon Papers Read More
On Thursday morning, Daniel Ellsberg, government whistle-blower emeritus of Pentagon Papers fame, sat on a stage in midtown Manhattan and talked via Skype to Julian Paul Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, who was calling in from Australia.
It was the first morning of the annual Personal Democracy Forum Read More
