Kissinger vs. ‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter “Daniel Ellsberg is the most dangerous man in America. He must be stopped at all costs.” —Henry Kissinger In 1970, before whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg…
After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Daniel Ellsberg Reflects on Leaking Pentagon Papers & His Legacy
By DemocracyNow! We spend the hour with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who recently announced that he has been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer with only months left to live.…
Dan Ellsberg Receives the Sam Adams Award (video)
By Eric Garris / Antiwar.com Daniel Ellsberg, (born April 7, 1931, Chicago, Illinois), American military analyst and researcher who, in 1971, leaked portions of a classified 7,000-page report that detailed…
Daniel Ellsberg Has Foiled Those Who Want Him Confined to the Past
By Norman Solomon / CounterPunch In just a few words — “those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future” — George…
Daniel Ellsberg Is Calling on All of Us to Work to Avert Nuclear War
The legendary whistleblower has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
Patrick Lawrence: What Dan Ellsberg Means
The term “Fourth Estate” had taken on the dust of a neglected antique before the release of the Pentagon Papers. Afterwards it seemed possible to think again of the press…
John Kiriakou: The Threat to Journalism
C.I.A. whistleblower John Kiriakou told the Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney, Australia on Saturday that the threat to Julian Assange is a threat to every national security reporter. (With transcript)
Daniel Ellsberg: Losing 1st Amendment Reverses War of Independence
Daniel Ellsberg says using the Espionage Act against journalist Julian Assange in blatant violation of the First Amendment means the First Amendment is essentially gone.
Prosecution of Assange Would Lead to End of the First Amendment, Advocates Warn
Prominent lawyers, journalists and human rights defenders say prosecuting Assange poses a grave threat to journalism.
LIVE: Belmarsh Tribunal on Julian Assange, Press Freedom & More
On Jan. 20, Democracy Now! will live-stream the Belmarsh Tribunal from Washington, D.C. The event will feature expert testimony from journalists, whistleblowers, lawyers, publishers and parliamentarians on assaults to press…
Has the Worm Turned in the Assange Case?
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch One of the world’s most courageous whistleblowers, Daniel Ellsberg challenged U.S. prosecutors on December 6 to come after him, as they have pursued Julian Assange.…
Daniel Ellsberg: Indict Me Too
Daniel Ellsberg has called on the U.S. to indict him for having the same unauthorized possession of classified material as Julian Assange. Ellsberg follows the Cryptome.org founder who has also…
Chomsky and Ellsberg on the Death of Gorbachev (video)
By Paul Jay / theAnalysis.news Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg discuss the significance of the life of Mikhail Gorbachev and what the deconstruction of the Soviet Union means for today’s…
Daniel Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky on the Threat of Nuclear War
Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, and Paul Jay discuss the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the war in Ukraine, and the climate crisis.
Merrick Garland: Drop the Charges Against Julian Assange
By David Rovics / CounterPunch I turned on the news yesterday and there was Attorney General Merrick Garland somewhere in Ukraine, talking about being part of the effort to prosecute…