Tag Archives: Pentagon Papers

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver :
Tonkin Gulf: The event that changed my
life forever

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

I was a fly on the wall. I was a member of the staff of the operational command under whose authority the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy would enter the history books. By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver | The … Continue reading →

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Margarita Alarcón : Five Reasons to Remember the Pentagon Papers

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Daniel Ellsberg speaks to reporters outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles on Jan. 17, 1973. Ellsberg’s co-defendant, Anthony Russo is at center right. Photo by AP.Five reasons to rememberthe Pentagon Papers By Margarita Alarcón / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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Daniel Ellsberg and the Concept of Freedom of Conscience

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Daniel Ellsberg at UT-Austin, Oct. 7, 2008. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.Report-back on Daniel Ellsberg speaking at the University of Texas on Tuesday: ‘Truth can free us from war.’By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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