Daniel Ellsberg

Review: 'War on Whistleblowers' fails to fully sound alarm

2013-04-25 19:40:00

Since 2002, filmmaker-activist Robert Greenwald has made a string of vital feature documentaries, including the trenchant expos�s "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." His latest, the brief "War on...

AUDIO: Bradley Manning explains why he leaked secret documents

2013-03-12 16:35:00

A group advocating transparency has released audio of Pfc. Bradley Manning reading his 35-page, handwritten statement about why he gave massive troves of secret government documents to the website WikiLeaks. Audio and transcript below. The Freedom of...

L.A. federal courthouse named national landmark

2012-10-17 15:23:02

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger dies at 86; former New York Times publisher

2012-09-30 00:00:00

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, the fourth publisher of the New York Times, who made history with his decision to publish the Pentagon Papers and revived the "Good Gray Lady" of print journalism with a radical redesign that set a new standard, has died. He was...

Bradley Manning faces Dec. 16 military hearing in WikiLeaks case

2011-11-22 13:40:00

Lawyers for imprisoned U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning plan to call up to 50 witnesses at a pretrial military hearing next month that is expected to air much of the government's evidence for charges that Manning illegally provided hundreds of thousands...

Charles Colson dies at 80; Watergate felon and prison reformer

2012-04-21 14:06:00

WASHINGTON — Watergate felon and prison reformer Charles W. Colson, who died Saturday at age 80 in northern Virginia, was two people. He was Richard Nixon's "hatchet man," the president's "evil genius," who by his own admission was "ruthless in...

L.A. Theatre Works to tour China with Pentagon Papers play

2011-11-16 16:33:07

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Hef's Runaway Bride' on Lifetime

2011-07-18 21:35:41

Timothy Naftali: Nixon's checker

2011-04-02 00:00:00

Timothy Naftali is the kind of learned guy you'd want on your team when you play "Trivial Pursuit" -- a game that, like Naftali, originated in Canada. But for years, his home and his career have been in and about the United States -- books and studies...

Leonard Weinglass dies at 77; defense lawyer in Pentagon Papers case

2011-03-25 00:00:00

Leonard Weinglass, a crusading lawyer who championed radical and liberal causes and clients in some of the most controversial trials of the 1960s and '70s, including the Chicago 7 and Pentagon Papers cases, died Wednesday in New York City. He was 77. The...

Tuesday's Highlights: “No Ordinary Family” on ABC.

2010-10-04 21:35:21

Is anyone unhappy about the Oscars' snub of Michael Moore?

2009-11-19 21:32:24

Daniel Ellsberg

2010-10-04 18:07:07

"Burma VJ," Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller "The Cove," Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens "Food, Inc Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers," Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith "Which Way Home," Rebecca Cammisa

2010-02-02 07:17:32

Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971. He went on trial in January 1973; all charges were dismissed in May of that year.

1973-01-17 00:00:00