ReThink Interview: Daniel Ellsberg — Torture and Being Hated

Daniel Ellsberg discusses America's disappointing support of torture and the dangers of being hated.

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg risked his freedom and his life by leaking a top secret report about the Vietnam war to members of Congress and various news outlets. This report, which became known as the Pentagon Papers, changed the course of history and led to the resignation of Richard Nixon and the end of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg is the subject of a new documentary by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith called "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers."

On September 24, 2009, I had the great honor of interviewing Ellsberg in Los Angeles.

To learn more about "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers", go here http://www.mostdangerousman.org/.

For more ReThink Reviews and other clips from my interview with Ellsberg, go here http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B5DFC2A5707C5EBB

To see ReThink Reviews on the Huffington Post, go here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kim.

To follow Daniel Ellsberg's blog, go here http://www.ellsberg.net/

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[modernearlmusic]

great!

[pookabun]

Well, he certainly couldn't be more right, could he? Great stuff.

He must have been an amazing man to talk to.