Night. and this thing was unfolding in the most dramatic way. alaska s 41-year-old democratic senator held a mock meeting of his sub committee meeting osbuilding and groundings and began reading aloud the 7,000 page pentagon secret report in public. the papers proved that for 20 years we have been victims of our southeast asia policy. i was frightened to death over releasing the pentagon papers, all i could think of is my country is killing people, maiming americans, and this is terrible. so i was overcome with emotion, not patriotism, just emotion of something you love dearly that had gone astray. he continued until emotion overcame him after 1:00 this morning. keep in mind i m the only one in the committee. i asked to put all of these
Meing of his subcommittee on buildings and grounds with only himself present and began reading allowed the 7,000 page pentagon secret report in public. the papers prove that for 20 years, we have been victims of our southeast asia policy. i was frightened to death over releasing the pentagon papers. i had no idea whether i was going to prison. my country s killing people, we re maiming americans and this is terrible. i was overcome with emotion. not patriotism, just emotion of something you love dearly that has gone astray. he continued until exhaustion and emotion overcame him after 1:00 this morning. i collected myself, and i asked keep in mind i m the only one in the committee. i asked to put all these papers into the record. hearing no objections, so ordered, that s it. papers are out. they re in the senate record. really?