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Daniel Ellsberg

Рождение : 1931-04-07, Chicago, Illinois, USA

История

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Ellsberg, PhD, (born April 7, 1931) is a former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Ellsberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous

Himself

The Berrigan Brothers, Daniel and Philip were Catholic priests dedicated to non violent resistance of the violent policies of the United States government. They rose to prominence as outspoken opponents of the Vietnam War.

Risk

Self

Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle in a documentary portrait of power, betrayal, truth and sacrifice.

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky

himself

This feature length high definition documentary follows one of the Nation's most controversial yet progressive leaders, 2012 Presidential candidate and Former two-term Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson.

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Self (archive footage)

From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more--while also exposing shocking statements he made about women, people of color, Jews, and the media.

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse. It exposes the surprisingly worsening and threatening reality for whistleblowers and the press. The film includes interviews with whistleblowers Michael DeKort, Thomas Drake, Franz Gayl and Thomas Tamm and award-winning journalists like David Carr, Lucy Dalglish, Glenn Greenwald, Seymour Hersh, Michael Isikoff, Bill Keller, Eric Lipton, Jane Mayer, Dana Priest, Tom Vanden Brook and Sharon Weinberger.

Наш Никсон

Self

Никогда прежде не демонстрировавшиеся кадры, снятые ближайшими помощниками Ричарда Никсона (и осужденными заговорщиками по делу Уотергейт), предлагают удивительный и интимный новый взгляд на его президентство.

Самый опасный человек Америки

Self (Narraror)

"Самым опасным человеком Америки, которого следует остановить любой ценой" Дэниела Эллсберга назвал советник президента Никсона — Генри Киссенджер. Будучи военным аналитиком и сотрудником Пентагона, противник войны во Вьетнаме Эллсберг в 1971 году предоставил секретные документы газете New York Times. Миллионы американцев узнали, как правительство лгало им об этой войне, Эллсберг был обвинен в шпионаже, обвинители требовали тюремного срока в 115 лет...

Doomsday Chronicles

Self

Plagued by wars, pollution and natural disasters, is man destined to self-destruction before the 20th century folds? Or can he escape the total annihilation the future may hold?

Hearts and Minds

Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.

Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.