{"article":{"id":34410,"heading":"The Pentagon Papers: Opening the Public Debate on War and Secrecy","author":"whistleblower","created":"2003-03-09 20:23:47","modified":"2003-03-10 01:13:21","last_modified":"Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:13:21","article":"<p>Untitled Document\r\n\r\n\r\n.arial10 { font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:9px; color:#000000; }\r\n.arial10:link    { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:9px; color:#660000; text-decoration:none;}\r\n.arial10:visited { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:9px; color:#000000; text-decoration:none;}\r\n.arial10:active  { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:9px; color:#990000; text-decoration:none;}\r\n.arial10:hover   { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:9px; color:#000000; text-decoration:underline;}\r\n.arial11 { font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11px; color:#000000; }\r\n.arial11:link    { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:11px; color:#660000; text-decoration:none;}\r\n.arial11:visited { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:11px; color:#000000; text-decoration:none;}\r\n.arial11:active  { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:11px; color:#990000; text-decoration:none;}\r\n.arial11:hover   { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:11px; color:#000000; text-decoration:underline;}\r\n.arial12 { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:12px; color:#FFFFFF; }\r\n.arial12:link    { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:11px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none;}\r\n.arial12:visited { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:11px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none;}\r\n.arial12:active  { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:11px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none;}\r\n.arial12:hover   { font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:11px; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:underline;}\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <br>\r\n<\/p><table width=\"554\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"18\">\r\n  <tr> \r\n    <td height=\"379\"><b><br>\r\n      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! OPENING THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON WAR AND SECRECY<\/b> \r\n      <p><b>On Sunday, March 9 at 8pm, FX will be showing an original movie entitled \r\n        \"The Pentagon Papers\" which documents the true story of Daniel \r\n        Ellsberg and the release of the 7000 page classified Department of Defense \r\n        document during the Vietnam war.<\/b><\/p>\r\n      <p><b>The story of Ellsberg is an important story of a committed Pentagon \r\n        official turned whistleblower, and it is argued that the release of the \r\n        Pentagon Papers played a significant role in bringing the Vietnam war \r\n        to an end, not to mentionthe Nixon presidency.<\/b><\/p>\r\n      <p><b><br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        The story of Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is very relevant today for \r\n        anti-war activists and the timely release of this movie could provide \r\n        many opportunities to widen the debate on the issues of government secrecy \r\n        and complicity in driving the nation towards war.<br>\r\n        <\/b><\/p>\r\n      <\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr> \r\n    <td height=\"22\" valign=\"middle\" align=\"left\"><b> \r\n      Discuss:  \r\n      War and Secrecy bulletin board<\/b> <\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr> \r\n    <td> \r\n      <p><b><br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        For more information visit the following sites:<br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        Daniel Ellsberg's website: http:\/\/www.ellsberg.net<\/b><br>\r\n        <b><br>\r\n        The Official FX site: http:\/\/www.fxnetworks.com\/thepentagonpapers<\/b><b><br>\r\n        <br>\r\n         Historical \r\n        documents and sites relevant too Secrets: <br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        The National Security Archive's Pentagon Papers Page <br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        A Memoir \r\n        of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers written by Daniel Ellsberg <br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        Conversations \r\n        with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley <br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        Wired \r\n        News: Ellsberg: Still Rabble-Rousing <br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        Scoop \r\n        News: Ellsberg's \"Secrets\" and Bush's War: An Intersecting History \r\n        <\/b><b><br>\r\n        <\/b><\/p>\r\n      <b> \r\n      Recent Audio Interviews with Ellsberg:<br>\r\n      <br>\r\n      http:\/\/www.ellsberg.net\/audiovideo.htm \r\n      (Ellsberg Audio\/Video) <br>\r\n      http:\/\/www.radio4all.net \r\n      (search \"ellsberg\")<br>\r\n      <br>\r\n      <br>\r\n      <br>\r\n      Anti-War:<br>\r\n      http:\/\/peace.protest.net \r\n      (Central Listing of anti-war activities around the world)<br>\r\n      http:\/\/www.warincontext.org \r\n      (Critical Perspectives on the War on Terrorism, War Against Iraq, and the \r\n      Middle East Conflict)<br>\r\n      http:\/\/www.veteransforcommonsense.org \r\n      (Veterans for Common Sense seeks to inject the element of Common Sense into \r\n      debates over war and national security)<br>\r\n      http:\/\/www.antiwar.com<br>\r\n      <br>\r\n      Media:<br>\r\n      http:\/\/www.indymedia.org \r\n      (global Independent Media Center website)<br>\r\n      http:\/\/www.commondreams.org \r\n      (collection of progressive media stories)<br>\r\n      http:\/\/www.zmag.org (Z \r\n      magazine website)<br>\r\n      http:\/\/www.fair.org (Fairness \r\n      and Accuracy in Reporting site) <br>\r\n      <br>\r\n      <\/b><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr> \r\n    <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr> \r\n    <td height=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"The Pentagon Papers","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/03\/34410.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":34454,"heading":"correction on link","article":"http:\/\/www.fxnetworks.com\/thepentagonpapers","author":"whistleblower","parent_id":34410,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-10 01:13:21","modified":"2003-03-10 01:13:21","fileurl":""}]}