The Pentagon Papers 50 Years Later: America's Most Famous Whistleblower Still Fighting Militarism

<p>This week marks the 50th anniversary of the publication by The New York Times of excerpts of the Pentagon Papers — 7,000 pages of top-secret documents. These documents proved that the government of the United States had been lying to the people of this country for decades about a war that eventually ended with a U.S. withdrawal -- but only after millions of Vietnamese had been killed, 58,000 U.S. troops were killed with hundreds of thousands more suffered from physical and psychological injuries.</p> <p>Brian is joined by Daniel Ellsberg. He is one of the most important whistleblowers in modern American history and the author of The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. Daniel Ellsberg is also the author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.</p> <p>Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at <a href="//patreon.com/thesocialistprogram">patreon.com/thesocialistprogram</a>. We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you consistent, high-quality shows. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more are invited to join the monthly Q&amp;A seminar with Brian.</p>