https://freerepublic.com/tag/tolstoystalesoftrump/ en-us Thu, 3 Oct 2019 04:16:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3783252/posts Robert Ellsberg speaks on whistleblowing, truth-telling and the Pentagon Papers Oct 2, 2019 by Heidi Schlumpf JusticePolitics The autumn of 1969 has been on Robert Ellsberg's mind lately, as the 50th anniversary of a life-changing request from his father approaches. A half century ago, as a 13-year-old, Ellsberg agreed to help his dad photocopy documents from a government report he had worked on. Those documents, which came to be known as the Pentagon Papers, revealed the United States' role in the build-up to the Vietnam War and the lies told to the American public and to Congress about U.S. actions... National Catholic Reporter https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3783252/posts#comment Thu, 3 Oct 2019 04:16:02 GMT