ellsberg and with his family. this was during the period when dan was experiencing writer's block of all things in trying to complete his epic work on the history of nuclear weapons. tell us about that and about how he was able to break through and complete that book. well, a 1st i'd say just spending 10 days with dan and patricia in their home that um was a life changing for me. and i was uh, it was a week of my 56 birthday. and dan is a very, very present man. he without question is may be, was maybe one of the greatest intellect so of our time a last of the mohicans. and we would sit in his office and studio in library with a 1000 books on or, and american history. and the 1st or 2nd day that i was there, and just in his presence and with all these books, i was just and, and he would, he can talk, you would ask a question and he could go on one time in our interview, i asked him a question and i think he went for almost 4 hours without getting up going the bathroom or drinking any water. he, he had a mind that

as ellsberg was having a live conversation with us. now, we have the front as americans and as members of the global community to know the broad outlines of government policies that have a significant impact on our lives. and i think that's something that the tunbridge showed me how to do the wrong way. the there was a moment where he said very clearly very distinctly that i showed him the right way . i had always helped us no, but come along. thomas drake suited during the cold war in europe in the 1980s with the us air force. which included work is the signals analyst on spike plains who bring the soviet union. is a country. and then my, my, my was computers as was, it was a vast, a role in our community. and the ball is particularly in europe. very quickly. more of dialing is chaos computer. in the 19 ninety's, drake worked as a software developer for the c. i a in september 2001. he was hired as a senior analyst by the n. s. a. my 1st name of the job is $911.00. we weren't working, you know, 1618 hour days. i mean, it was that thos

the daniel ellsberg . i'm probably the only we shall go or that i know who can make a living is electra because i'm the one who was put on file for a 115 years under one who was involved in a president being resigning because of his crimes against me. so he made me notorious enough that, that i can make a living as it looks as make studies, economic science. and harvard in the 1950s, after graduating, he enrolled like many fellow whistle blowers in the military. the and you, she, courage here and around you is a convention, ensure high courage. you've been trained for if you've been disciplined for. but you see if it happens, if the training works and people are risking their buddies and their lives every minute the end of the 19 sixty's ellsberg worked at the us embassy. and yet now he became known by publishing the secret pentagon papers which proved that the us president had lied to the american public about the vietnam war for years. ellsberg decided to make the documents public. after meeting peace ac

daniel ellsberg, the we have a 3rd list who will be joining us from russia. one of the, from one of my real heroes. and i think many people in this room, many people in the hacker community, many people in america, edward snowden, welcome. more than 40 years after daniel ellsberg, tennessee employee, edward snowden, emerges as a whistle blower. the usa now as a new public enemy number one. commanding a now to you, i'm getting more favorable publicity in 40 years 40 because suddenly people who were all for putting me in prison for life before i realized that i was really a very good guy. i was the i was the good whistle blower. and so i'm, i'm totally, of course rejected this from the beginning, even though i didn't want to be a foil for a showing a badly to people that i totally admired. there was a moment at whole backs the whole parts conference in july in new york city ellsberg. i was having a live conversation with us now. we have the front as americans and as members of the global to know the broad outlines of government policies that have a significant

in the end, a federal judge dropped all of the charges against ellsberg. it was the.

i quickly identified ellsberg as the source of the leak and he was arrested and charged with.

the plumbers target was the satire trist of the man who had leaked the pentagon papers, daniel ellsberghired sia connective to the nationals to physically break into ellsberg fike kylie trist cabinet with a crowbar. they were trying to find evidence that ellsberg was mentally unstable to use against him and use against him. that's why they were called the white house plumbers. in 2007, one of them explained to the new york times why he did what he did in that first break in. quote, at no time did i or anyone else they are questioned whether the operation was necessary, legal, or moral. the premise of our action was the strongly held view that certain precincts of the white house that the president and those functioning on his behalf could carry out illegal acts with impunity if they were convinced that the nation's security demanded it. now, stop here for a second. thank you for that logic rings a bell. it might be because it is so strongly echoing the logic of the three individuals indicted in georgia for their alleged breaching of voting systems in coffee county. they thought they wer

the group also remembered daniel ellsberg, who dedicated his life to the de-escalation of nuclear conflict. the 93-year-old died at his east bay home in june, and his widow spoke at today's ceremony. >> you know, it's hard to work on the nuclear issue all the time. of course. but there could be no more meaningful work in the world. and our being here together, dan would be so happy. for the work ahead of us, we've got to keep going. that's for sure. and he would be so moved by the beauty. >> ellsberg was the famous whistle-blower who released the so-called pentagon papers and was charges with theft and conspiracy. he faced more than 100 years in prison, but those charges were eventually dismissed. >>> coming together to help a coyote in need on the peninsula. the animal spotted in the backyard of a hillsborough home earlier this week. watch this photo. you can see it there. it's posted on a gofundme. there's some kind of black plastic tube around the coyote's neck. a lot of people are worried about its health. they set up a gofundme to try to trap the animal and remove the tube. the penins

the widow of daniel ellsberg was at today's event. ellsberg was notable as an opponent of nuclear weapons. he also became famous for leaking the pentagon papers that detailed us actions during the vietnam war. >> my husband really, i think was happiest when he was committing a civil disobedience. as i said earlier, told me in the last months of his life, he's we we're talking about who? what is our tribe? and he said, my real tribe is people who put their bodies on the line. and and that's this group. >> the event was put on by the tri valley cares. it's a group in favor of nuclear disarmament. whether time now as we get a live look outside san francisco's embarcadero and boy, that flag really is whipping around britney. yeah, we have those breezy conditions. i think that's the change from yesterday. some folks have blue skies and breezy conditions going to be the theme for the rest of the night. that high pressure really giving problems to places like dallas. they're looking at an excessive heat warning of more than 6 days straight.

the, [000:00:00;00] the the, the to daniel ellsberg probably the most famous and most highly revered national security was of lower and american history. died in june at the age of 90 to 4 months before his death. then sent an email to his friends, telling us that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and that his doctors have given in 3 to 6 months to live. the email was upbeat and positive. dan said that he had had a good long and productive life and that he would spend his remaining days freaking out and fighting against nuclear weapons. that's exactly what he did with dignity and then zone terms. i'm john curiosity and this is the whistle blower, the .

he they were trying to find did what evidence that ellsberg was he did in mentally unstable to use that vote that's why they were called the white house plumbers. and in 2007, one of them no time explained to the new york times did i why he did what he did in that or anyone first break in. else their quote, at no time did i or question whether the operation was necessary legal or more from the summer action was the strongly anyone else there question healthy whether the operation was with necessary, legal, or moral. certain the premise of our action was precincts the strongly held view that of the white house the president certain precincts of the white in those functioning house that the president and on his behalf of the carry on those functioning on his behalf illegal acts with could carry out illegal acts impunity in the with impunity if they were working things that the nation convinced that the nation's's security command security demanded it. stop there for second and think if that logic rings a down might be because it is so strongly echoing the logic of the three individuals in

most of the how provides i need to see things because it looks like so i need to be uh daniel ellsberg, probably the most famous and most highly revered national security was of lower and american history. died in june at the age of 90 to 4 months before his death, then sent an email to his friends, telling us that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. and that his doctors have given in 3 to 6 months to live. the email was upbeat and positive. dan said that he had had a good long and productive life, and then he would spend his remaining day speaking out and fighting against nuclear weapons. that's exactly what he did with dignity and then zone terms. i'm john curiosity and this is the whistle blowers the . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 in 1970, daniel ellsberg provided a great service to the american people, the importance of which cannot be overstated. he leaked something called the pentagon papers. they were thousands and thousands of pages of classified analysis that he had prepared for the rand corporation proving that the white house and the defense department had been lying to the ameri

moscow and the going to seek as new english, superstar stripe or helps fire and defeat local rivals. ellsberg. we will bring you all harry kane schools from the very in derby the i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. francis position in these year has become even more precarious with the passing of a deadline for the front and bassett, or to leave these areas. military leaders have given the french on boy until sunday to go, but paris has refused to withdraw its personnel saying that it does not recognize the hunter's authority. the demonstrators gathered outside of the french military base and new shares, capital, naomi on sunday, calling for the soldiers to leave some more waving russian flags. news, there is a former colony of france, which still has some 1500 troops based. there it is now been more than a month since new shares military over through the democratically elected president . monitoring events in these year for us is our correspondent, elisa tacoma, who is based in lagos in neighboring nigeria. so, i mean, paris says it has no intention of complying with the ultimatum to pu

so ellsberg psychiatrist's office was to find out if ellsberg was revealing any deep secrets to his psyche at risk, and that was illegal it was unethical. and i don't say this by any means to try to exonerate nixon, but the american government in and worse stuff than this before that, if that's all it had been, then that would have been a comparatively venial. but it got beyond that. once you've got this organization, some of you will have had this experience or, at least observed it, that once you hire people to do something. you've got to find something for them to do and you can't you can't apply an uber approach. you know, you can't just hire as gig workers, people who are going to invade other people's offices. they, you know, if they're on the payroll, they're on the payroll. and so to go from this approach toward policy toward china, by the way, and this was going to lead to an opening, a new opening called detente toward the soviet union. and here's the big deal. it was going to lead and nixon's view and it actually did happen, lead that to the first important arms control agreemen

the 1st was daniel ellsberg, when he went to the baltimore, sure. he did not reveal pacified information. now they charged him with classified, but that was a hoax. so that was a for a re classified material that they found in his computer, which was not classified. and he had every reason to believe that he would not be prosecuted for what he gave to baltimore. so he would lose his job. steve would lose his clearance, i guess is very serious. is john's dependent on parents? in fact, most of the jobs he should have no record or so he was taking a very serious risk. but i doubt if you risk, if he saw he would be prosecuted. i thought i was blacklisted. i was present and i got, i was radioactive. no government agency would take me nor, nor any contractor with the government. it was off limits. and then the same made it crystal clear. even though there were attempts by even prior to my environment to find work, it would all, they would all come to not. so i ended up as a wage rate employee at apple, one of the retail stores in the greater d. c area whe

daniel ellsberg also famous whistleblower. he leaked the pentagon papers that detailed us actions during the vietnam war. he died in june at age, 93 and his widow attended today's vigil and said her late husband would have appreciated this event. >> my husband really, i think was happiest when he was committing a civil disobedience. as i said earlier, told me in the last months of his life, he's we we're talking about who? what is our tribe? and he said, my real tribe is people who put their bodies on the line. and and that's this group. >> that event was put on by tri valley cares a group in favor of nuclear disarmament. >> coming up, the highway patrol response to community members who say they feel unsafe in parts of san francisco. >> the fight against open air drug dealing continues in san francisco. the sheriff's office has arrested a suspected dealer in the tenderloin, but people in that area remain very frustrated with the ongoing problem. kron four's haaziq mod-yoon has the story. >> you're looking at a photo provided

we speak often about the likes of julian assange, ed snowden, and daniel ellsberg to name just a few. but an important thing that we should never forget is that others are blowing the whistle every single day, all around the world, against waste, fraud, abuse, illegality, or threats to the public health or public safety. and they do it largely in anonymity that doesn't make it any less important. in fact, i would argue that it is more important to blow the whistle at the local level where we spend most of our life. our next guest is the perfect example of blowing the whistle in relative obscurity, where the authorities treat themselves into thinking that they can get away with clamping down on truth tellers. i'm john kerry. ok. welcome to the whistle blowers the.

we speak often about the lakes of julian assange, ed snowden, and daniel ellsberg to name just a few. but an important thing that we should never forget is that others are blowing the whistle every single day, all around the world, against waste, fraud, abuse, illegality, or threats to the public health or public safety. and they do it largely in anonymity that doesn't make it any less important. in fact, i would argue that it is more important to blow the whistle at the local level where we spend most of our life. our next guest is the perfect example of blowing the whistle in relative obscurity, where the authorities treat themselves into thinking that they can get away with clamping down untruths. tellers. i'm john kerry. ok. welcome to the whistle blowers the . 2 2 2 2 2 a georgina held for hall, joining the case royal navy upon graduation from school and worked in human resources before leaving to raise a family. she later returned to spend 3 years in financial services before moving to the department of works and pensions, where she was, the leadership and performance management

ellsberg is best known as the man who leaked the pentagon papers. he was also a champion of nuclear disarmament. former president donald trump is scheduled to return to the campaign trail today, a day after facing new charges in federal court stemming from the 2020 election. the former president pleaded not guilty to four charges, accusing him of conspiring to change the results of the 2020 presidential election. this is now his third criminal indictment after the court appearance, trump remained defiant. this is the persecution of the person that's leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary. and leading biden by a lot. so if you can't beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. we can't let this happen in america. it was an attempt to perpetrate a fraud on the public. but fundamental it was an attempt to usurp the will of the people and violate everybody's voting rights. trump's next court date is scheduled for august 28th, which is five days after the first republican primary debate at wells fargo, is dealing with a

we speak often about the likes of julian assange, ed snowden, and daniel ellsberg to name just a few. but an important thing that we should never forget is that others are blowing the whistle every single day, all around the world, against waste, fraud, abuse, illegality, or threats to the public health or public safety. and they do it largely in anonymity that doesn't make it any less important. in fact, i would argue that it is more important to blow the whistle at the local level where we spend most of our lives. our next guest is the perfect example of blowing the whistle in relative obscurity where the authorities put themselves into thinking that they can get away with clamping down on truth tellers. i'm john kerry . ok. welcome to the whistle blowers the . 2 2 2 2 2 a georgina health hall, joining the case, royal navy upon graduation from school and worked in human resources before leaving to raise a family. she later return to spend 3 years in financial services before moving to the department of works and pensions, where she was, the leadership and performance management spec

up next, remember, and the man who likes the pentagon papers for now journalist daniel ellsberg, that's on the whistle blowers bye for now. the the the of the the .

let's go to the buddhist legal now where campaigns, buyer and munich hosted ellsberg, and the bavarian derby on match day 2 and buyer and made light work. the visitors, thanks largely to the contribution of their new superstar striker hurricane has captured the imagination of buying funds since his big money moved from tottenham hotspot and allies run the england striker in this local tussle. i thought it was an oaks board player who opened the scoring. unfortunately for then the remain. felix guy couldn't keep the boat after ricocheted olson with the red threes go link technology confirming the bold across the line. one know by end of the 32 minutes. and the rest had to turn to technology again when buyer and clean the penalty of the usual chemical shot appeared to hit next as dollars on the hand, the video assistant confirmed this boat kick and there was no doubt about who would take it up. stepped came on, he bugged his 1st school at the alien serena in buying colors next, the penalty for the englishman to know by and at half time the score line wasn't enough to dissuade leroy. so t