Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180108:02:12:00
>> in the early '60s, daniel ellsberg was the leading if not the leading war thinker. >> the atomic bomb changed so much. the military knew that they needed fresh thinking. they established rand and located it on the west coast of the united states so it would be beyond the reach of anybody in washington who wanted to meddle in it. essentially, people were encouraged to think new thoughts, to think big. >> dan impressed people. smart, imaginative, good at technical reasoning, good at logic. he could collect ideas from anywhere. he could read short stories and get ideas.