PAST EVENTS
Screening and Discussion of 'The Most Dangerous Man in America' and the Panama Papers with Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who altered the history of Vietnam War with the release of the Pentagon Papers was on hand for a screening of the condensed version if the award-winning documentary, The Most Dangerous Man in America, and for the a lively Q&A. Also with us for our discussion, the film producers, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith.
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who altered the history of the Vietnam War with the release of the Pentagon Papers, was on hand for a screening of the condensed version of the award-winning documentary, The Most Dangerous Man in America, accompanied with a lively Q&A. Also with us for our discussion were the film producers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith.
The film is a riveting look at a defining moment in American history when, Daniel Ellsberg, then a RAND Corporation employee and a Pentagon Analyst, made the decision at the great risk to his own life and liberty to release the classified report exposing details of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam to The New York Times and other newspapers. The Pentagon Papers revealed that our government had knowledge early on that the war would be an unlikely win, and that continuing the war would lead to many more casualties.
Daniel Ellsberg worked on the top secret McNamara study of U.S. Decision-making in Vietnam, 1945-1968, which later came to be known as the Pentagon Papers. In 1969, he photocopied the 7,000 page study and gave it to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; in 1971 he gave it to The New York Times, The Washington Post and 17 other newspapers. His trial, on twelve felony counts posing a possible sentence of 115 years, was dismissed in 1973 on grounds of governmental misconduct against him, which led to the convictions of several White House aides and contributed to the impeachment proceedings against President Nixon.
Judith Ehrlich is a producer and director, known for The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009), The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It (2000) and P.O.V. (1988). (2)
Rick Goldsmith is a producer and writer, known for The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009), Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw (2015) and Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996). (3)
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2008 Democratic National Convention Panel
The Hispanic Institute and The Common Good gathered for a post gavel celebration, co-hosted by Rick Hernandez, Patricia Duff and Chevy Chase following an earlier bipartisan panel discussion exploring common ground issues
The Hispanic Institute and The Common Good gathered for a post gavel celebration, co-hosted by Rick Hernandez, Patricia Duff and Chevy Chase, which followed an earlier bipartisan panel discussion exploring common ground issues such as the role of race, gender, ethnicity, religion and values in the Fall Campaign. The event was moderated by Dan Abrams with Gov. Bill Richardson, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Harold Ford Jr., Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Dee Dee Myers, Markos Moulitsas, Faye Wattleton, Richard Wolffe, and Tucker Carlson.
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