A republican. He was a marine corps veteran, but his new mission in life was to work against war and especially against Nuclear Weapons and nuclear proliferation. Were going to speak with 2 of Daniel Ellsberg, personal friends, randy credit, go a long time comedian and social justice activist. The former director of the william m counselor fund for social justice and host of the radio show live on the fly, which airs every friday afternoon in new york and armand coney. Hes a former Colorado County commissioner and executive director of a National Youth Sports Charity. Gentleman, welcome to the show. Id like to begin by asking both of you how you met dan ellsberg for all of us who knew him. It was a memorable event. Certainly, randy, i think you and dan went back pretty far. How did you meet . Actually, we didnt seem like it because i met them. Uh, i called them up, but i think about 3 years ago else to do one of my shows on a julia such as 2021, mid 2021. And we had a great conversatio
The next administration and the Johnson Administration before it had been saying for years that the United States was winning the war in vietnam, that was simply not true. Ellsberg discreetly made copies of the pentagon papers and sent them to trust a journalist at the New York Times and the washington post. He also provided the documents to senator mike rebel, a democrat from the state of alaska, the times and the post published stories based on the pentagon papers and sen prevail, submitted the document into the congressional record automatically de, classifying it. The Nixon Administration was outraged the f. B. I quickly identified ellsberg as the source of the leak, and he was arrested and charged with the espionage National Security advisor, henry kissinger, called him the most dangerous man in the world. His potential punishment for the espionage charges was 150 years in prison. But the Nixon White House overplayed its hat. The president nixon had ordered aids to break into ells
Like this americans can see democracy at work citizens are truly informed. It informed straight from the source. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are. If the opinion that matters the most. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Pleasere welcome bridget, director of the Heritage Foundations Assignment Center american studies. [applause] welcome to 2023 russell kirk petrie the diocese of winona, rochester, minnesota. Have the task of introducing a task made difficult by the fact that his publication, media presence, teaching and leadership exemplify faith in reading. Have become a regular campaign gets picked instructing us in the gospels, the old testament, catholic social thought, the meaning of great literature and philosophy, contemporary culture and, of course, the finer points of catholic doctrine. So tonight Bishop Barronil will address the topic of the breakdown of the detail filion equilibrium here prior to his 202
A form of pseudo reality because making the claim ukraine is when it is untenable. Daniel ellsberg probably the most famous and most highly revered National Security was of lower and american history. Died in june at the age of 90 to 4 months before his death, then sent an email to his friends, telling us that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. And that his doctors have given in 3 to 6 months to live. The email was upbeat and positive. Dan said that he had had a good long and productive life and that he would spend his remaining day speaking out and fighting against Nuclear Weapons. Thats exactly what he did with dignity and then zone terms. Im john curiosity and this is the whistle blowers the. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 in 1970, Daniel Ellsberg provided a Great Service to the American People, the importance of which cannot be overstated. He leaked something called the pentagon papers. They were thousands and thousands of pages of classified analysis that he had prepared for the Ran
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