when we get to the question and answer part of the talk, if you have a question, which we highly encourage, please check up to the microphone. we c-span book tv with us and would like to pick up your question on the recording. also, after the talk sharon will be happy to talk and sign books. the line will start to the right of the podium. as you get up, if you could please hold up your chair and set it to one of the sides against the bookshelf, that s a big help for us. the imagine years of work by sharon weinberger is the untold story of the defense research project agency. also known as federal agency founded in 1928 originally as a response to sputnik. publishers weekly said weinberger. [inaudible] interviewed former officials of the defense advanced research agency revealing a highly secretive organization. her fascinating account about that example of enthralled to the allure of science fiction. sharon is a national security editor at the intercept. the author of imagina
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 decision-making 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 mcnamara s 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
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 top-secret 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 two-part interview with daniel ellsberg. he talks about his opinions on the vietnam war and the leaking of the pentagon papers. the richard nixon presidential 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 oat
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 7,000-page study that later became known as the pentagon papers. in 1971 he gave those documents to the new york times. the richard nixon presidential 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 in 71 when they came out, so for, what is that, two years, a couple of years, i always thought for the pentagon papers to have any effect, they should be the basis for congressional hearings. precisely because i knew they didn t tell the whole story or an adequate story. i knew what was a lot of what was excluded from them. and what you needed
screeria nigeria. - they did it. they said throughout that we re not considering costs. thank you, your honor. thank you counsel, the case is submitted. with congress out this week for the spring recess we re featuring american history tv in primetime. up next, part one of a two-part 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 7,000-page study that later became known as the pentagon papers. in 1971 he gave those documents to the new york times. the richard nixon presidential 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