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Nixon. >> weve got to keep our eye on the main ball. the main ball is else berg. weve got to get this son of a [ bleep ]. >> this is troenable action to put it out. it involves secure information, a lot of other things. what kind of people would do such things? >> did you get inside else bergs heart that he might be afraid of that, of that power? >> it was one of my first questions. upon reading the script and him, i thought he must have been terrified. he was utterly alone. apart from his wife,...

They knew we couldnt win and still sent boys to die. >> matthew rhys joins me from the "post." thanks for being here on the beat." >> good to be here. >> what did you teach yourself about daniel else berging in order to play him? >> where to begin. i think i was more ashamed how lily knew about daniel else berg and his impact. i was fortunate enough to spend an entire day with him. and for me as an actor to play someone real, to actually meet that person and have this map where you say what were...

President trump has made severe. comedy centrals broad city bleeped out trumps name as if it was a curse word. not every references to trump says trump. right now americans flocking to view of history about nixons watergate scandal is hot. "the post" is also hot depicting a battle between a lawless president and the press. the parallels from nixon to trump are clear. plot turns on daniel else berg, a veteran who leaked secret war plans showing why he thought vietnam was not winnable. now he is p...

Understanding that the american people have a right to the truth, he was the first to kind of go, no, no, actually the public do need to know what the government is doing. the governments do lie. and he was on the first, the pie whistleblower of his time to do that in america. he wasnt a screaming lefty. he was a former marine. a pentagon employee. he believed in this country and in his government. and this came about without -- with a great deal of conflict because not only personally because h...

Activist, daniel else berg ultimately landed him in prison. >> it was the first thing in my life to be indicted. i had been so proud as a marine officer and proud to serve my country. and, a flag-waving patriot and end up in the courtroom, the u.s. of, a versus charles w. col soch son. >> reporter: and out of boston on the night of august 12, 197, h -- 1973, had his own epiphany. >> i drove up the driveway and got 100 yards and, this ex-marine captain, white house hatchet man and tough guy, foun...