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https://www.europesays.com/people/70213/ curated cinema: what Jeff Bezos threw away in The Washington Post #1970s #AllThePresident'sMen #Amazon #BenBradlee #DanielEllsberg #JeffBezos #KatharineGraham #MatthewRhys #MerylStreep #NewYorkTimes #PentagonPapers #post #RichardNixon #StevenSpielberg #TomHanks #VietnamWar #WashingtonPost

Two Moments That Changed How I See Authority
#ConspiracyThinking #MaGA #Qanon #Trump #gop
#memoir #Vietnam #Westmoreland #CriticalThinking #USAF #ChristianNationalism #Disinformation #PentagonPapers #1970s
https://www.murdockinations.com/2026/05/two-moments-that-changed-how-i-see.html

Two Moments That Changed How I See Authority
#ConspiracyThinking #MaGA #Qanon #Trump #gop
#memoir #Vietnam #Westmoreland #CriticalThinking #USAF #ChristianNationalism #Disinformation #PentagonPapers #1970s
https://www.murdockinations.com/2026/05/two-moments-that-changed-how-i-see.html

Two Moments That Changed How I See Authority
#ConspiracyThinking #MaGA #Qanon #Trump #gop
#memoir #Vietnam #Westmoreland #CriticalThinking #USAF #ChristianNationalism #Disinformation #PentagonPapers #1970s
https://www.murdockinations.com/2026/05/two-moments-that-changed-how-i-see.html

Two Moments That Changed How I See Authority
#ConspiracyThinking #MaGA #Qanon #Trump #gop
#memoir #Vietnam #Westmoreland #CriticalThinking #USAF #ChristianNationalism #Disinformation #PentagonPapers #1970s
https://www.murdockinations.com/2026/05/two-moments-that-changed-how-i-see.html

Im Jahr 1974 kulminiert in den USA die Watergate-Affäre. Die Ermittlungen gegen Präsident Richard Nixon wegen illegaler Abhöraktionen und Machtmissbrauchs führen im August 1974 zu seinem Rücktritt. Es war das erste und bislang einzige Mal, dass ein amtierender US-Präsident zurücktreten musste. Das öffentliche Vertrauen in das Weiße Haus und in staatliche Institutionen erlitt dadurch einen massiven Legitimitätsverlust. In diesem Klima entstand auch dieser Film von Alan J. Pakula. (ARD, Wh.)

Im Jahr 1974 kulminiert in den USA die Watergate-Affäre. Die Ermittlungen gegen Präsident Richard Nixon wegen illegaler Abhöraktionen und Machtmissbrauchs führen im August 1974 zu seinem Rücktritt. Es war das erste und bislang einzige Mal, dass ein amtierender US-Präsident zurücktreten musste. Das öffentliche Vertrauen in das Weiße Haus und in staatliche Institutionen erlitt dadurch einen massiven Legitimitätsverlust. In diesem Klima entstand auch dieser Film von Alan J. Pakula. (ARD, Wh.)

Im Jahr 1974 kulminiert in den USA die Watergate-Affäre. Die Ermittlungen gegen Präsident Richard Nixon wegen illegaler Abhöraktionen und Machtmissbrauchs führen im August 1974 zu seinem Rücktritt. Es war das erste und bislang einzige Mal, dass ein amtierender US-Präsident zurücktreten musste. Das öffentliche Vertrauen in das Weiße Haus und in staatliche Institutionen erlitt dadurch einen massiven Legitimitätsverlust. In diesem Klima entstand auch dieser Film von Alan J. Pakula. (ARD, Wh.)

Im Jahr 1974 kulminiert in den USA die Watergate-Affäre. Die Ermittlungen gegen Präsident Richard Nixon wegen illegaler Abhöraktionen und Machtmissbrauchs führen im August 1974 zu seinem Rücktritt. Es war das erste und bislang einzige Mal, dass ein amtierender US-Präsident zurücktreten musste. Das öffentliche Vertrauen in das Weiße Haus und in staatliche Institutionen erlitt dadurch einen massiven Legitimitätsverlust. In diesem Klima entstand auch dieser Film von Alan J. Pakula. (ARD, Wh.)

Im Jahr 1974 kulminiert in den USA die Watergate-Affäre. Die Ermittlungen gegen Präsident Richard Nixon wegen illegaler Abhöraktionen und Machtmissbrauchs führen im August 1974 zu seinem Rücktritt. Es war das erste und bislang einzige Mal, dass ein amtierender US-Präsident zurücktreten musste. Das öffentliche Vertrauen in das Weiße Haus und in staatliche Institutionen erlitt dadurch einen massiven Legitimitätsverlust. In diesem Klima entstand auch dieser Film von Alan J. Pakula. (ARD, Wh.)

A National Newspaper Falls — and Democracy Feels It

Why the Dismantling of The Washington Post Is a National Warning

By DrWeb, assisted by AI. All content, images edited and approved. Some images are also public domain, as noted in the captions.

On February 4, 2026, the American people lost a vital organ of their democracy. It didn’t happen in a courtroom or through a legislative act; it happened on a Zoom call.

When Executive Editor Matt Murray and CEO Will Lewis announced the termination of over 300 journalists—one-third of a newsroom that once stood as the world’s watchdog—they used the bloodless language of corporate “restructuring.” They spoke of search engine algorithms, the rise of Generative AI, and the “disappointing realities” of the media market. But we must see through the fog. This was not a business adjustment; it was a surrender.

The Washington Post has, for over 150 years, been a “living laboratory” of modern journalism. It was the place where the impossible stories were told, where “Darkness” was fought with a relentless, expensive, and often dangerous pursuit of the truth. By gutting the foreign desks and local Metro coverage, leadership has essentially declared that the world—and the citizens of the nation’s capital—no longer deserve to be seen.

II. A Legacy Forged in Fire: Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

To understand the depth of this betrayal, one must remember what the Washington Post used to be. In 1971, the paper faced a choice that would define the First Amendment for a generation. When the Nixon administration secured an injunction against the New York Times to stop the publication of the Pentagon Papers, it was Katherine Graham and Ben Bradlee who stepped into the breach.

They knew that publishing those top-secret documents—which proved the government had systematically lied about the Vietnam War—could lead to criminal charges or the financial ruin of the paper. They did it anyway. They understood that the press’s duty is to the governed, not the governors. That Post saved this country by exposing the “GIGO (Garbage in, Garbage out” of the military-industrial complex. It proved that a newsroom, armed with the truth and the courage to print it, could stop a war machine. Today, that same newsroom is being hollowed out by a billionaire who appears more concerned with federal contracts than with the legacy of Graham.

III. The Specter of Anticipatory Obedience

The layoffs of 2026 are the completion of a bow toward power that began in October 2024. When Jeff Bezos spiked the Post’s endorsement of Kamala Harris, he was signaling a pivot toward compliance.

As his other companies —Amazon and Blue Origin— depend on massive federal contracts, the Post’s editorial independence has become a “rounding error” on a billionaire’s balance sheet. We are seeing a return to the dark days of “anticipatory obedience,” where the press silences itself to avoid the wrath of a vengeful administration. When the reporter covering Amazon itself is among the first to be fired, the watchdog is no longer guarding the public; it is guarding the owner.

IV. The Human Cost: Fired in a War Zone

The cruelty of these layoffs is exemplified by the case of Lizzie Johnson. A dedicated Ukraine correspondent, Johnson was notified of her layoff while on the ground in a war zone—working without heat or power in sub-zero temperatures to bring the reality of the Russian invasion to American doorsteps. To fire a journalist while they are literally under fire is the ultimate indictment of modern corporate “news.” By erasing the entire Middle East roster, the Post is blinding the American public to global realities at a moment when awareness is a matter of national survival.

V. What Can We Do?

My small site, a small but growing blog, remains (for now) a small, independent voice, but we are not silent, nor will we be. The death of the Post as we knew it means the burden of truth-seeking falls back onto We the People, and other media, and the resources they can use to report news and facts and fact-checking.

• Follow the Outcasts: Support the 300+ journalists who still have the truth but have lost their platform. [See below for the listings we have already of fired staff.]
• Reject the “New” Post: If a “Doorway” to truth is corrupted by billionaire interests, and with a man with real authoritarian impulses on a hair trigger, it is no longer a doorway; it is a wall. For me, the Post now has DO NOT ENTER signs.
• Fund Independent Journalism: Our American Democratic Republic depends on newsrooms that are not beholden to corporate authorities. Find voices that sound the missing pieces again, loud as we can.

Names and Work Areas for the Post Wednesday Massacre

While the Washington Post has not released a formal master list of the 300+ employees affected by the February 4, 2026 layoffs, many journalists and editors have confirmed their departures publicly. Source of this information: Google’s Gemini.

Below is a compiled listing of names and roles identified through newsroom reports and public statements as of today, February 5, 2026.

International & Foreign Desks

The entire Middle East team and several major foreign bureaus were reportedly eliminated.

Technology & Corporate Coverage

These cuts notably included reporters covering Jeff Bezos’s own company, Amazon.

Metro & Local Coverage (D.C., MD, VA)

The Metro desk was reduced from over 40 staffers to approximately 12.

Specialty Desks (Sports, Books, Culture)

The Sports and Books sections were shuttered as standalone departments.

Editor’s Note: Contact me via the About Page to remove your name or information from this listing.

Tactical Notes

• The “AI Strategy”: Executive Editor Matt Murray explicitly cited AI-generated content and declining search traffic as the primary reasons for this “strategic reset.”
• The Sports Desk Legacy: The shuttering of the High School Sports operation ends a department that had run for over 100 years.
• Ideological Critique: Several departing reporters, including Emmanuel Felton, have publicly challenged the “financial” necessity of the move, characterizing it instead as an ideological shift.

Multimedia Evidence

The Defense of Silence: Watch Jeff Bezos’s direct response to the endorsement crisis that served as the harbinger for this dismantling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=007rGogqDNo

[WATCH] Jeff Bezos defends the Washington Post’s decision

The Fourth Estate (Our Media) Responded as well.. they see what is being done to a legacy national newspaper, over politics and money. It did not fail in its mission. It was no longer allowed to be the Post.
Below is a PDF snapshot of Google News coverage (late night, 2/4/26). You can see the headlines and the sources and the reactions. –DrWeb

Bibliography (MLA Style)

• Baron, Martin. 28 Oct. 2024. “Marty Baron, former Washington Post editor, slams paper’s non-endorsement.” YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piGipOLJc2g.
• Folkenflik, David. 28 Oct. 2024. “The Washington Post bleeds subscriptions as Bezos responds to endorsement criticism.” NPR, https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168449/washington-post-subscriptions-cancel-jeff-bezos-endorsement.
• Kagan, Robert. 25 Oct. 2024. “Washington Post editor-at-large resigns over Bezos’ decision. He explains why.” CNN, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIYdQS9Plw0.
• Serna, Alene. 26 Oct. 2024. “Washington Post stirs up fury in liberal America over neutral election stance.” The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/26/washington-post-stirs-up-fury-in-liberal-america-over-neutral-election-stance.

SEE ALSO: Additional Deep-Dive Sources

• Columbia Journalism Review. 15 May 2023. “Journalism’s Essential Value: Objectivity and Independence.” CJR, https://www.cjr.org/special_report/ag-sulzberger-new-york-times-journalisms-essential-value-objectivity-independence.php.
• Nieman Journalism Lab. 31 Dec. 2025. “How Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post, and what’s changed.” Nieman Lab, https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/something-i-will-be-most-proud-of-when-im-90-how-jeff-bezos-used-to-talk-about-the-washington-post-and-whats-changed/.
• Sullivan, Margaret. 4 Sept. 2025. “Times Change, and So Can Ethics.” Columbia Journalism Review, https://www.cjr.org/analysis/times-change-and-so-can-journalism-ethics.php.
• Tani, Max. 28 Oct. 2024. “Four Washington Post opinion staffers have now resigned their roles over the non-endorsement controversy.” Semafor via Nieman Lab, https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/four-washington-post-opinion-staffers-have-now-resigned-their-roles-over-the-non-endorsement-controversy/.

Additional Historical Links

• Post History: Pentagon Papers & Watergate
• Folkenflik: The Metro Desk Bloodbath
• O’Donovan: Covering Amazon vs. Bezos
• Parker: The Murder of the Cairo Bureau
• Post Guild Union Statement
• Johnson: Fired in a War Zone
• Sullivan: Will Bezos Destroy the Post?
• Western Media’s Global Retreat
• Tani: Shuttering the Sports Section
• Historical Timeline of The Post

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, Wh.)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, Wh.)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, Wh.)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, Wh.)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, Wh.)

December 30, 1971 - Daniel Ellsberg, a Defense Department analyst, and his colleague Anthony Russo were indicted by a federal grand jury for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the news media. The papers were part of a 7000-page, top-secret government history of the United States’ political and military involvement in the Vietnam War from 1945 to 1971, and described air strikes over Laos, raids along the coast of North Vietnam, and offensive actions taken by U.S. Marines well before the American public had been told that such actions had occurred.
#DanielEllsberg #PentagonPapers

Keira Knightley – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, WH)

Keira Knightley – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, WH)

Keira Knightley – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, WH)

Keira Knightley – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, WH)

Keira Knightley – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, WH)

Keira Knightley – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (3Sat, WH)

Keira Knightley – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (3Sat, WH)

Keira Knightley – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (3Sat, WH)

Keira Knightley – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (3Sat, WH)

Help Us Fight the Psyopcracy
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/01/help-us-fight-the-psyopcracy-2/
It’s not a physical enemy to combat but rather powerful messages lodged in millions of people’s minds. It’s come to rule over us. By Joe Lauria Cathy Vogan, executive producer of Consortium News‘ webcast CN Live!, coined a new term to…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Commentary #Disinformation #Gaza #Intelligence #Israel #Media #Militarism #Propaganda #Russia #SpringFundDrive #U.s. #Ukraine #Vietnam #C.i.a. #CathyVogan #CentralIntelligenceAgency #FrankSnepp #JoeLauria #PentagonPapers #RobertParry #RonaldReagan #WalterRaymondJr.

June 13, 1971 - The New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, a series of excerpts from the Defense Department’s classified history of the Vietnam War, giving details of U.S. involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II to 1968. Publication was interrupted after the Nixon administration went to court to block it, asserting its power to exercise prior restraint over public release of what it considered classified material. The Washington Post then began publishing the papers. On June 30 the Supreme Court, 6-3, allowed publication to resume.

#PentagonPapers #DanielEllsberg

WATCH: Joe Lauria — Trump Defies Rational Analysis
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/08/watch-joe-lauria-trump-defies-rational-analysis/
Donald Trump is somebody very hard to define and to describe because we’ve never seen anything like him, the editor of Consortium News told Turkish journalist Tunç Akkoç’.   TRANSCRIPT Tunç Akkoç’: Hello everyone. Today we have a very special…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Commentary #Disinformation #FreeSpeech #Gaza #History #Intelligence #Israel #JoeLauria #Media #MiddleEast #Militarism #Nato #PressFreedom #Russia #Turkey #U.s. #U.s.Congress #Ukraine #Vietnam #AzovBattalion #BarackObama #BorisYeltsin #ChelseaManning #Cia #DanielEllsberg #DavidBenGurion #DonaldTrump #EdwardSnowden #Ergenekon #Fbi #FethullahGülen #HarryTruman #HillaryClinton #Jfk #JfkAssassination #JohnBolton #JulianAssange #KeithKellogg #MarcoRubio #MikePompeo #MyLai #NewYorkCity #Osce #OttomanEmpire #PentagonPapers #RichardNixon #SeymourHersh #SykesPicot #TunçAkkoç’ #ViktorYanukovych #VladimirPutin #Watergate #YaseminCongar

Et si publier la vérité pouvait faire tomber un gouvernement ?
Avec "Pentagon Papers", Steven Spielberg revient sur un moment-clé de l’histoire américaine : la révélation des mensonges d’État sur la guerre du Vietnam.

https://www.theartchemists.com/pentagon-papers-une-ode-a-la-liberte-de-la-presse-signee-spielberg/

#PentagonPapers #spielberg #MerylStreep #TomHanks #journalisme #LibertéDeLaPresse #truestory #filmpolitique #TheARTchemists #cinéma #culture #CulturePourTous

11. appena New York Times e Wash Post iniziarono a pubblicare i documenti top secret sulla guerra in Vietnam, i #PentagonPapers, passati loro da #DanielEllsberg, il presidente Nixon iniziò la caccia all'uomo: la fonte dei Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg

9. tutto conoscono i #PentagonPapers, pochi sanno che #DanielEllsberg NON fotocopiò solo i documenti top secret sulla guerra in #Vietnam,ma anche i documenti top secret sulle conseguenze mostruose di una guerra nucleare USA-URSS-Cina

8. quello fu uno dei documenti top secret che trasformò #DanielEllsberg da falco della Guerra fredda,che lavorava a piani top secret di guerra nucleare, nel whistleblower che rivelò i #PentagonPapers

4. prima di diventare il primo grande whistleblower della Storia, rivelando i #PentagonPapers, #DanielEllsberg era un falco della Guerra Fredda, lavorava ai piani di guerra nucleare per la RAND Corporation

3. #PaulJay sta lavorando a un film sul rischio nucleare "How To Stop A Nuclear War", basato sul libro #DoomsdayMachine del grande #DanielEllsberg, il whistleblower che rivelò i #PentagonPapers

3. #PaulJay sta lavorando a un film sul rischio nucleare "How To Stop A Nuclear War", basato sul libro #DoomsdayMachine del grande #DanielEllsberg, il whistleblower che rivelò i #PentagonPapers

Keira Knightley – Official Secrets (2019)

Dieses ist ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und die, welche sich trauen sie auszusprechen, werden bekämpft. Katharine Gun wurde vor Gericht rehabilitiert. Julian Assange sitzt nach wie vor in Auslieferungshaft.

Keira Knightley – Official Secrets (2019)

Dieses ist ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und die, welche sich trauen sie auszusprechen, werden bekämpft. Katharine Gun wurde vor Gericht rehabilitiert. Julian Assange sitzt nach wie vor in Auslieferungshaft.

Keira Knightley – Official Secrets (2019)

Dieses ist ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und die, welche sich trauen sie auszusprechen, werden bekämpft. Katharine Gun wurde vor Gericht rehabilitiert. Julian Assange sitzt nach wie vor in Auslieferungshaft.

Keira Knightley – Official Secrets (2019)

Dieses ist ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und die, welche sich trauen sie auszusprechen, werden bekämpft. Katharine Gun wurde vor Gericht rehabilitiert. Julian Assange sitzt nach wie vor in Auslieferungshaft.

1963: #SouthVietnam

"The #PentagonPapers, chock full of damning revelations about America’s war in #Vietnam, caused a sensation when The New York Times published them in 1971. One revelation was that the CIA had funded and encouraged the 1963 #coup against, and #assassination of, the president of South Vietnam, #NgoDinhDiem.

"By 1963, the United States had sent thousands of U.S. soldiers to Vietnam to fight the northern communist government led by President #HoChiMinh. The U.S. initially supported Diem because he was fighting the north. However, Diem’s persecution of Buddhists made him an unpopular ruler, leading the Kennedy administration to doubt Diem’s ability to win the war. The coup and Diem’s assassination took place in early November 1963, just a few weeks before Kennedy’s assassination."

https://www.history.com/news/us-overthrow-foreign-governments

#Asia #HumanRights
 #Covert
 #Colonialism #RedScare

Remembering #DanielEllsberg
#Ellsberg will be remembered prominently for providing #PentagonPapers to #NYTimes. He was rightly a hero to anyone who believes we must be in a position to evaluate gov and cast votes based upon truth rather than lies. Dan was steadfast debunking myths arouund gov secrecy as gave unwavering support to others who took courageous steps to tell truth about illegal, immoral, and improper gov actions, especially around matters of #nationalsecurity.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/remembering-daniel-ellsberg

"We remember the life and legacy of #PentagonPapers whistleblower #DanielEllsberg, who died Friday at the age of 92, just months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In 1971, Daniel #Ellsberg, then a top military strategist working for the RAND Corporation, risked life in prison by secretly copying and then leaking 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the secret history of the US #WarInVietnam."

https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2023/6/20

#RIP #LanceursDAlerte #héros #LibertéDeLaPresse

#Snowden #Journalist
Glenn #Greenwald
remembers

Daniel #Ellsberg the
#PentagonPapers
#whistleblower
from 1971

and the ceaseless
anti-war #activist

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/daniel-ellsberg-glenn-greenwald-1234773509/

I WASN'T GOING TO KILL YELLOW PEOPLE

https://davidguilbault.substack.com/p/i-wasnt-going-to-kill-yellow-people?sd=pf

#vietnam #vietnamwar #abcnews #howardksmith #journalism #news #pentagonpapers #watergate #danielellsberg #ellsberg #plumbersunit #watergatescandal #washingtonbureau #abcnews #afrts

Great quote in #ThePost just on #ABC about the publication of the #PentagonPapers.
The Supreme Court of USA said :
'The Press is to serve the governed not the government.'
Wish our #MSM understood that today, especially #Murdoch's #NewsCorpse.

If #JulianAssange is extradited and #prosecuted in #America… the #FirstAmendment would then be #eliminated.
"If #Assange is #extradited, no #journalist in the #world is #safe from #life #imprisonment in the #UnitedStates"

#DanielEllsberg #PentagonPapers #Whistleblower #quote #wikileaks #journalism #freepress #freespeech #truthteller #truth #FreeAssangeNOW #dropthecharges #weareallassange

"È scandaloso che Biden abbia continuato a perseguire Julian #Assange"
Sul #FattoQuotidiano la giornalista Stefania #Maurizi intervista Daniel #Ellsberg, l'uomo dei #PentagonPapers
http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2022/03/22/daniel-ellsberg-it-is-outrageous-that-biden-has-continued-to-pursue-julian-assanges-prosecution/6533299/