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by all_usernames 1095 days ago
Not to state the obvious, but this would be a wonderful time to share Ellsberg's story with someone in the younger generations.
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His book Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers is an excellent book about the events of his life leading to his decision to leak.

He drove around Vietnam (armed) in a jeep for almost 2 years as an observer on pacification for the State Department..

Chomsky does a good job in the video linked here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36367082