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-======Daniel Ellsberg======+=======Daniel Ellsberg=======
  
 „What could I do to help shorten this war, now that I’m prepared to go to prison for it?“ „What could I do to help shorten this war, now that I’m prepared to go to prison for it?“
  
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-===Pentagon Papers===+====Pentagon Papers====
  
 The Pentagon Papers are a [[https://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers|7,000-page top-secret study]] of U.S. Decision-making 1945-1968 in Vietnam, which showed the U.S. government's campaign of lies before and during the Vietnam War. In 1969, he photocopied the hole 7,000-pages and gave it to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  The Pentagon Papers are a [[https://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers|7,000-page top-secret study]] of U.S. Decision-making 1945-1968 in Vietnam, which showed the U.S. government's campaign of lies before and during the Vietnam War. In 1969, he photocopied the hole 7,000-pages and gave it to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 
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-===Biography=== +====Biography==== 
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 In 1959, Ellsberg became a strategic analyst at the RAND Corporation and a consultant to the Defense Department and the White House, specializing in problems of the command and control of nuclear weapons, nuclear war plans, and crisis decision-making. Ellsberg joined the Defense Department in 1964 as Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) John McNaughton, working on the escalation of the war in Vietnam. In 1965 Ellsberg transferred to the State Department to serve two years at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, evaluating pacification in the field. After returning to the RAND Corporation in 1967, Ellsberg worked on the top-secret McNamara study, U.S. Decision-making in Vietnam, 1945-68, which later came to be known as the Pentagon Papers.  In 1959, Ellsberg became a strategic analyst at the RAND Corporation and a consultant to the Defense Department and the White House, specializing in problems of the command and control of nuclear weapons, nuclear war plans, and crisis decision-making. Ellsberg joined the Defense Department in 1964 as Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) John McNaughton, working on the escalation of the war in Vietnam. In 1965 Ellsberg transferred to the State Department to serve two years at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, evaluating pacification in the field. After returning to the RAND Corporation in 1967, Ellsberg worked on the top-secret McNamara study, U.S. Decision-making in Vietnam, 1945-68, which later came to be known as the Pentagon Papers. 
-Read [[http://www.ellsberg.net/bio/daniel-ellsberg-biography-short-version/| 
-more]]. 
  
-He was a vocal proponent of WikiLeaks. Julian Assange cited Ellsberg as an inspiration for its creation.  + 
-In 2010 he was involved in Assange's publication. +He was a vocal proponent of WikiLeaks. [[https://challengepower.info/julian_assange|Julian Assange]] cited Ellsberg as an inspiration for its creation. In 2010 he was involved in Assange's publication.  
  
 "He invited me to a press conference in London to present the Iraq war protocols. It was his third publication. And I definitely supported it because it served the public interest. The first release was the video "Collateral Murder". The second release was the Afghan war protocols. In the days following the press conference, I had several meetings with Julian. Although later the unedited versions of the war protocols were also released to the public, there is no evidence that they harmed anyone." "He invited me to a press conference in London to present the Iraq war protocols. It was his third publication. And I definitely supported it because it served the public interest. The first release was the video "Collateral Murder". The second release was the Afghan war protocols. In the days following the press conference, I had several meetings with Julian. Although later the unedited versions of the war protocols were also released to the public, there is no evidence that they harmed anyone."
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 "Nine times the Espionage Act was applied, in no case involving spies. This law should never be used against whistleblowers or leakers. Especially since it precludes the possibility of invoking the public interest or good in their defence. Of course it would be possible to write a law to that effect. Even though I don't think we need a law to deal with whistleblowers." "Nine times the Espionage Act was applied, in no case involving spies. This law should never be used against whistleblowers or leakers. Especially since it precludes the possibility of invoking the public interest or good in their defence. Of course it would be possible to write a law to that effect. Even though I don't think we need a law to deal with whistleblowers."
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 __Videos__ __Videos__
  
-1. Talk with Daniel Ellsberg and Julian Assange in the front line club+1. Talk with Daniel Ellsberg and Julian Assange in the Frontline Club
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFDdHMEpqeA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFDdHMEpqeA
  
  
-2. Movie "The Post" (more About the press, than Ellsberg)+2. Movie "The Post" 
 https://youtu.be/rrSkIgYMBcs https://youtu.be/rrSkIgYMBcs
  
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 __Books__ __Books__
  
-- Papers on the War, 1971 +- Papers on the War, 1971\\  
-- Risk, Ambiguity, and Decision, 2001 +- Risk, Ambiguity, and Decision, 2001\\  
-- Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, 2002 +- Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, 2002\\  
-- The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, 2017 +- The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, 2017\\  
  
  
 __Awards__ __Awards__
  
-- Winner, PEN Center USA Award for Creative Nonfiction, 2003 +- Winner, PEN Center USA Award for Creative Nonfiction, 2003\\  
-- Winner, American Book Award, 2003 +- Winner, American Book Award, 2003\\  
-- Co-Winner, Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Prize for Non-Fiction, 2003 +- Co-Winner, Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Prize for Non-Fiction, 2003\\  
-- Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, 2003 +- Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, 2003\\  
-- Right Livelihood Award, an honour that bills itself as the alternative Nobel Prize, 2006 +- Right Livelihood Award, an honour that bills itself as the alternative Nobel Prize, 2006\\  
-- Olof Palme Prize, 2018+- Olof Palme Prize, 2018\\ 
  
  
  
 Further [[http://www.ellsberg.net/|informations]] about Ellsberg. Further [[http://www.ellsberg.net/|informations]] about Ellsberg.
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