RAND and the Pentagon Papers
A secret history of Vietnam, a burglary, and a judge offered the FBI.
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How the story begins
Daniel Ellsberg walked out of the RAND Corporation with the secret history of the Vietnam War in his briefcase. It was October 1969. RAND is still headquartered on this street. He was an analyst there, and the Pentagon's own study, seven thousand pages of it, was locked in a safe in his office. He picked out volumes and drove to an ad agency run by the girlfriend of a former colleague, Anthony Russo.
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Visiting
1776 Main Street, Santa Monica. Private offices with no public entry. See the building from the Main Street sidewalk only.
Sources
- LSU Law, The Daniel Ellsberg Pentagon Papers Trial: A Chronology
- PBS POV, The Most Dangerous Man in America: in context
- Zinn Education Project, Pentagon Papers charges dismissed
- NBC News, Pentagon Papers judge dies at 75
- NPR via WVIA, A neighbor helped Ellsberg
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