Author of "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner" and "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers."
Berkeley, CA
Joined July 2009
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Thank you @BerkeleyBroad and @berkeleyside for a great write-up:
berkeleyside.com/2018/01/26/…
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"I would love for Trump to see 'The Post.' He might get the message about the role and necessity of a free press. And the fact that, in a challenge between him and a strong woman like Kay Graham or Meryl Streep, he may not win"...
ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/21…
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The U.S. and Russian doomsday machines: no policies in human history have more deserved to be recognized as immoral. Or insane.
counterpunch.org/2018/01/23/…
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I encourage insiders who know we are being sold war with North Korea on false pretenses: consider doing what I should have done much earlier than I did. Consider going to Congress and the press directly with documents that show the truth to the public. newsmax.com/newsfront/daniel…
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Don’t do what I did; don’t wait until the bombs are falling or thousands have died if you have information that might avert that.
time.com/5106039/daniel-ells…
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A "human error" like yesterday’s in Hawaii could, at any time, end nearly all human life, by triggering the US or Russian Doomsday Machines. It is a human error ever to have brought these systems into existence. Either they go, or we will.
As fun as it is to read four-hour experts on Hawaii's nuclear false alarm, if you're curious to learn from one who literally helped write our nuclear war plans, the father of American whistleblowing, @DanielEllsberg, just published a tell-all: amazon.com/Doomsday-Machine-…
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Thank you @libcasey and @washingtonpost for a nice segment on the importance of whistleblowing- and why and how to do it:
washingtonpost.com/video/pol…
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Thank you Michael Krasny, @KQEDForum, and all the callers for an excellent discussion. Recording here: ww2.kqed.org/forum/2018/01/1…
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Tom Powers' review of my book in the current issue of @nybooks is the kind of review by the kind of reader that every author dreams of.
nybooks.com/articles/2018/01…
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"The Most Dangerous Man in America" documentary is playing tonight on @MSNBC, at 9PM EST, 6PM PST- background to "The Post"
mostdangerousman.org/2017/12…
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From my Prologue to "The Doomsday Machine," in @globeandmail:
theglobeandmail.com/arts/boo…
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This was the best interview with me after my trial ended in 1973. (In @rollingstone) Lots of substance and secrets: virtually all still very timely today.
rollingstone.com/politics/ne…
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Thank you @cwclub for hosting my book launch event. Here's audio of the discussion: commonwealthclub.org/events/…
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A perfect gift this Christmas! “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.” Buy it before wartime censorship! amazon.com/Doomsday-Machine-…
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