50th Anniversary Dates To Commemorate

Sen. Mike Gravel made the risky move to have the Pentagon Papers published outside Congress at Beacon Press in Boston.

The Supreme Court decision NYT v. the US left Sen. Gravel in more legal peril as he contemplates publishing the Papers outside of Congress.

Audio interview with VFP’s Hector Black chapter podcast. Howie Machtinger leads the Vietnam Full Disclosure effort of Veterans For Peace.

“Policy was governed neither by the … Atlantic Charter, nor by the President’s anti-colonialism, but by the dictates of military strategy.”

“People have gotta be put to the torch for this sort of thing … let’s get the son-of-a-bitch [who leaked it] in jail,” Nixon raged.

Ellsberg had approached members of Congress to release the Pentagon Papers. Several senators turned him down, Sen. Mike Gravel, said yes.

Ellsberg presents an explosive inside account of how and why he helped bring an end to the Vietnam War and Richard Nixon’s presidency.

Fifty years ago this week, The New York Times began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers. Democracy Now! interview: Daniel Ellsberg.

How Richard Nixon’s obsession with Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers sowed the seeds for the president’s downfall.