The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence gathered recently in Washington, D.C., to present an award to investigative journalist Seymour (Sy) Hersh. Hersh revealed in 1969 the massacre of civilians at My Lai (Viet Nam), and exposed torture at…
Tag: Daniel Ellsberg
A special kind of courage: publishing the Pentagon Papers
Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential,…
What Edward Snowden’s critics forget about Daniel Ellsberg
One year ago, The Guardian published the first disclosure of secret NSA surveillance activities by Edward Snowden. Four days later, the whistleblower revealed his identity to the world. Ever since, NSA officials and supporters have disparaged Snowden as “no Daniel…
National security experts appeal for return to Constitutional government
Elllsberg and Gravel describe behind-the-headlines drama of Pentagon Papers
] On Democracy Now!, whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and former U.S. Senator (Alaska) Mike Gravel described the difficult and potentially perilous process of getting the Pentagon Papers into print.
Daniel Ellsberg on Snowden, whistleblowing
“From the Pentagon Papers to PRISM.” On HuffPost Live, Dr. Daniel Ellsberg discusses Edward Snowden’s disclosure of NSA secret surveillance with hosts Ahmed Shihab-Eldin and Josh Zepps. (90 minutes, June 13, 2013).