CSPAN3 Oral Histories March 1, 2015
With the latest history news. While working at the Rand Corporation in 1967, Daniel Ellsberg became a consultant to the Defense Department in the white house, giving him access to classified and topsecret documents. He photocopied a study that later became known as the pentagon papers. In 1971 he gave those documents to the new york times. Coming up next, part one of a twopart interview with Daniel Ellsberg. He talks about his opinions on the vietnam war and the leaking of the pentagon papers. The Richard Nixon president ial library conducted this interview. This portion is about one hour and ...
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