Displaying items by tag: PENTAGON PAPERS
Ellsberg, McNamara and JFK: The Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg recently passed on. Let us not forget his struggle to get the Pentagon Papers published in the public domain, thus exposing the fraud of the Vietnam War. Let us also not forget the failed attempts by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger to stop publication and send Ellsberg to prison.
Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies aged 92
Analyst who leaked studies showing US government knew the Vietnam war was un-winnable became activist and writer.
What Mike Gravel Meant
Joe Lauria, at: Consortium News
Leslie H. Gelb, Who Oversaw the Pentagon Papers, Dies at Age 82
by The Associated Press, at: Military.com
David Giglio interviews Jim DiEugenio on the Death of Bob Parry, and the Problems with The Post
A study in contrasts concerning the journalism of Robert Parry, whose singular groundbreaking investigative work did more than any other to shed light on the interconnected scandals of the Reagan era, vs the Washington Post, unduly celebrated by the eponymous Hanks/Spielberg film for its supposed role in publishing the Pentagon Papers.
Listen to the audio and read the transcript at Our Hidden History.
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg Mythologize the Washington Post
As a corrective to yet another tendentious Hanks-Spielberg historical rewrite, Jim DiEugenio provides a review of past work which puts The Washington Post in a more accurate perspective.
See now "The Post and the Pentagon Papers" at Consortium News.
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