Tag: Pentagon Papers

NOVANEWS By Daniel Ellsberg and Allen White Great Transition Initiative The growth of the military-industrial complex poses an existential threat to humanity. Daniel Ellsberg, peace activist and Vietnam War whistleblower discusses with Tellus Senior Fellow Allen White the continuing existential threat posed by the military-industrial complex—and what needs to be done about it. *** Allen White: You became a pivotal figure in the anti-Vietnam War movement when you released the Pentagon Papers, a large batch of classified documents that revealed a quarter century of official deception and aggression. What inspired you to take such a risky action? Daniel Ellsberg: After graduating from Harvard with an economics degree and completing service in the US Marines, I worked as a military...