#tdih Dec. 30, 1971: Daniel Ellsberg, a Defense Department analyst, and his colleague Anthony Russo (whistleblower) were indicted by a federal grand jury for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the news media. The papers were part of a 7,000-page, top-secret history of the U.S. political and military involvement in the Vietnam War from 1945-71. In other words, their crime was to make the American public aware of the history of the war. (Read indictment: bit.ly/W95zH3) See the free 100-page Teaching Guide from the Zinn Education Project on Ellsberg, the Pentagon Papers, the Vietnam War and the film, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers: bit.ly/ZlKPgX Image: Associated Press (If you wish students learned this and more peoples history, please include the Zinn Education Project in your end of the year contributions so that we can produce and share more free lessons for teaching outside the textbook. Donate here: bit.ly/1jThBSQ)
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:03:38 +0000
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