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Then i was in vietnam, but then i read the pentagon papers. i knew, coming back from vietnam, as everyone knew coming back who'd been involved in combat extent, because we were not going to win. we were not going to get these guys to quit. they were not going to quit. some of your critics, i'm going to quote one of them. he's an academic called gabriel schoenfeld. he has written about your decision. and he said, "there is a fundamental arrogance "about what daniel ellsberg did" because, he said, and i'm going to quote him, he said, "you know, we have a system for controlling critical "national...

Coming back who'd been involved in combat extent, because we were not going to win. we were not going to get these guys to quit. they were not going to quit. some of your critics, i'm going to quote one of them. he's an academic called gabriel schoenfeld. he has written about your decision. and he said, "there is a fundamental arrogance "about what daniel ellsberg did" because, he said, and i'm going to quote him, he said, "you know, we have a system for controlling critical "national security secrets." very, very well controlled. yes. and he said, "you know, this is established by the congres...

To do with it. congress has nothing to do with the classification system. it is an executive system ruled by regulations from the defense department. ultimately, the president. ultimately the president who is elected by the people. what? who is elected by the people, the president. two people. president and vice president. yeah. and the point he's getting at is that in the end, you took a decision which was saying to america. ifeel a moral obligation to subvert the system, the democratic system. subvert. i had been subverting the constitution of the united states since the day i after i swore ...

I'd been part of that. i look back on that with amazement, almost. then i was in vietnam, but then i read the pentagon papers. i knew, coming back from vietnam, as everyone knew coming back who'd been involved in combat extent, because we were not going to win. we were not going to get these guys to quit. they were not going to quit. some of your critics, i'm going to quote one of them. he's an academic called gabriel schoenfeld. he has written about your decision. and he said, "there is a fundamental arrogance "about what daniel ellsberg did" because, he said, and i'm going to quote him, he s...

Congress had nothing to do with it. congress has nothing to do with the classification system. it is an executive system ruled by regulations from the defense department. ultimately, the president. ultimately the president who is elected by the people. what? who is elected by the people, the president. two people. president and vice president. yeah. and the point he's getting at is that in the end, you took a decision which was saying to america, ifeel a moral obligation to subvert the system, the democratic system. subvert. i had been subverting the constitution of the united states since the...