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Of the pentagon papers that the white house had sent the plumbers to los angeles really i think broke open the watergate scandal. and then to top it all off, if the story needed topping, the fact that the president met with the presiding judge -- >> the man presiding over the ellsberg case, judge matthew byrne, today confirmed that ehrlichman had offered him the job of fbi director. >> it didnt seem possible but there were even more sensational developments today involving the white house. an ad...

Trusted man in america. >> good evening, daniel ellsberg, a former state department and pentagon planner and something of a phantom figure, agreed today to be interviewed at a secret location. i ask him what he considers the most important revelations to date from the pentagon documents. >> the people of this country cant afford to let the president run the country by himself. without the help of the congress, without the help of the public. >> dan does this interview which comes out on cbs, nat...

Up because someone sendses you a telegram. >> i dont care whether theyre for the war. they should not attack the integrity of the government. by god -- they dont know whats going to hit them now. >> a federal court has ordered the new york times to stop publication temporarily. the government asked for and got an injunction against the times. >> before the nixon administration enjoined the new york times, there had never been another injunction brought against a media company in a federal court....

Around my neck. the fear of being cut out from the group of people you respect and whose respect you want and normally expect, that keeps people participating in anything no matter how terrible. >> whatever his intentions may have been, in your opinion, did daniel ellsberg betray his country? >> i would put it another way. daniel ellsberg whatever his intentions gave aid and comfort to the enemy. that is inexcusable. after all, he is putting himself above the president of the united states, abov...

People w asked was daniel ellsberg. >> my involvement in this study would change my life. and change history, in ways i couldnt have imagined. >> we classified the pentagon paper study as top secret. and every page of every study is top secret. we considered the existence of the study to be top secret. the person we were trying to keep it from was not the vietnamese would not have cared at all, but lyndon johnson. we feared through the whole study that if the president found out about it, that h...

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Administration, and would be able to release those documents, i came from that meeting feeling strongly i was dealing with a national security crisis, and i was to take any means necessary to respond to it. >> well, we have to win the court case. thats the way its done. >> the president had decided to set up a special investigations unit in the white house staff. >> hes hard as nails. >> ill direct you myself. now, i got to get going. >> daniel ellsberg work alone? it was in that context that a ...

A federal judge has partially lifted the trump administrations refugee ban today. the government should process some refugee applications. the order does not apply to people without a bona fide relationship to someone in the united states. president trump is lashing out again against andrew mccabe, who reportedly plans to retire in the coming months. trump questioned mccames impartiality in a pair of tweets today. for now, back to the most dangerous man in america. even if the fbi had want...

A covert operation ought to be taken to examine all the files held by dr. ellsbergs psychiatrist. this went to john ehrlichman, underneath that proposal were two lines disapproved of the line. he wrote his his large e for approve. and under your assurance it is not traceable. >> the fbi came one day and said, im afraid we have a subpoena for you to testify at the grand jury. my father was upset. youre the one who got him into this, and, of course, hes going to just tell the truth. >> my personal...

Their decision. >> i didnt either. >> unbelievable, wasnt it? >> you know, those clowns we have on there, i hope i outlive the bastards. >> mr. ellsberg himself has been hailed a hero by a lot of people. and a traitor by others. welcome dr. daniel ellsberg. >> i think that the drama that surrounded the release of the papers gave the papers a prominence that they probably wouldnt have had had a grayer personality been associated with this release. >> that much applause without even doing a monday...