Had open china up and he had gone there to the peoples republic. In the middle of the room our final question from a young man from laguna nagao. Thank you. With whats going on now in the middle east and once again the United States and the russians seem to be playing this game of tactics or whatever you want to call it. You had mentioned before that egypt was removed from the eastern bloc bloc and to the west. Now it seems that thats either going to be slowly going back and the other middle Eastern States are going back to russia. How do you see all that playing out when you watch these things . Whats going through your mind because he wants to go the other way. My view is that my view of the russians is different than the number of folks. Theres no question putin wants crimea back. Putin to me is responding to what happened when his god in kiev whom he had cut a deal with to have ukraine come into his Economic Union was dumped over by the crowds in the streets in kiev encouraged by t
What group might be willing, or against to vote impeachment, who might come that morning. Met jim mann and talked to him for the first time. Waldon flowers and talked to him time. E first and Caldwell Butler and we met at that point and said is there we really allthat of us could agree on. Either an constitute process, abuse of say, and we went through all of the evidence that pretty convincing knew think at that point i who was voting for and who least their inclination and we went public respectivey with our speeches. You were a 34yearold from maine and a republican so a member of your by party facing impeachment a committee you served on. It was not a happy moment. Distressed through the. I knew it would be the most beortant decision i would called upon to make. I tried to be as well prepared as i could. The previous six years, three as a prosecutor, three as a defense attorney so my focus and analyzinge the evidence without regard to oritical affiliation hadisan affiliation and i s
With the latest history news. While working at the Rand Corporation in 1967, Daniel Ellsberg became a consultant to the Defense Department in the white house, giving him access to classified and topsecret documents. He photocopied a study that later became known as the pentagon papers. In 1971 he gave those documents to the new york times. Coming up next, part one of a twopart interview with Daniel Ellsberg. He talks about his opinions on the vietnam war and the leaking of the pentagon papers. The Richard Nixon president ial library conducted this interview. This portion is about one hour and 20 minutes. Right from the beginning and until late in 1971 for a couple of years, i always thought for the pentagon papers to have any effect, they should be the basis for congressional hearing. Precisely because i knew they did not tell the whole story for an adequate story. I knew a lot of what was excluded from them and what you needed was oral testimony preferably under oath of people who rea
The 37th president s administration. This portion is about one hour 20 minutes. Right from the beginning and until late in 1971 for a couple of years, i always thought for the pentagon papers to have any effect, they should be the basis for congressional hearing. Precisely because i knew they did not tell the whole story for an adequate story. I knew a lot of what was excluded from them and what you needed was oral testimony preferably under oath. Of people who really knew the decisionmaking at the time and could explain what was the implications of these papers. When things were written down, it was a brief for mcnamara to argue with other people to present mcnamaras preferred policy. It did not usually express what mcnaughton thought was appropriate policy or what he thought to expect work for considerations. He was writing lawyers briefs for mcnamara to present. That was one example. I knew in many other cases that it did not answer many of the questions. What you wanted was testimo
Screeria nigeria. They did it. They said throughout that were not considering costs. Thank you, your honor. Thank you counsel, the case is submitted. With congress out this week for the spring recess were featuring American History tv in primetime. Up next, part one of a twopart interview with daniel ellsberg. While working at the Rand Corporation in 1967, mr. Ellsberg became consultant to the white house and Defense Department on matters concerning the vietnam war. Giving him access to classified and top secret documents. He photocopied a 7,000page study that later became known as the pentagon papers. In 1971 he gave those documents to the new york times. The Richard Nixon president ial library conducted this interview as part of a project to document the 37th president s administration. Mr. Ellsberg talks about his motivations in leaking is pentagon papers as well as his opinions on the vietnam war. This portion is about an hour and 20 minutes. Right from the beginning and until late