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Altercation: Celebrating Ellsberg at 90 and DeGrom at Just One
The stories of the guy who snitched on Dan, and the Mets who still canât hit
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Daniel Ellsberg, right, speaks with Lowell Bergman, director of the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, August 27, 2014.
Beginning on April 30, there will be a star-studdedâby peacenik national-security metricsâconference on the life and influence of Daniel Ellsberg, and especially his role in the 1971 Pentagon Papers drama. Also marking the occasion,
The New Yorker published âThe Deceit and Conflict Behind the Leak of the Pentagon Papers.â Its author, one notes with a hint of irony, was Ben Bradlee Jr., son of the editor who got consistently scooped on the story by his rivals at the
Washington Free Beacon
Woke Springs Infernal
Review: So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin True Story of the New York Mets the Best Worst Team in Sports NEW YORK - APRIL 03: Mr Met gets the crowd going during an exhibition game between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox on April 3, 2009 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The game marks the first time the Mets play in their new ballpark. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
In the summer of 2016,
National Journal reporter Josh Kraushaar stumbled upon the scoop of the century. Nationals left fielder Jayson Werth s seven-year $126 million contract appeared to contain an unknown perk: His own private security force dedicated to protecting his fragile, fragile ego. These Blackwater-esque foot soldiers patrolled the stands under cover of regular old ushers to neutralize the threat of WEEEEEEERTH-LEEEEESSSS chants.