My son @RobertEllsberg has it right. He knows the story intimately, having lived through it. These are among the facts I would have told Janny Scott at the @nytimes had she asked me for comments before publishing her article.
@RobertEllsberg @RobertEllsberg
10 Jan 2021
“Now It Can Be Told” runs the headline on a breathless @nytimes story of how Neal Sheehan got the Pentagon Papers from my father @DanielEllsberg. Sheehan wanted to counter the usual (accurate) narrative that my father gave the papers to the Times. . . nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/pe…
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Jan 10, 2021 · 10:41 PM UTC

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Replying to @DanielEllsberg @RobertEllsberg @nytimes
Thanks for sharing. Without history taught we are bound to commit the same mistakes. And when shared, it helps identify those responsible... yesterday and today. ✊🏽
Replying to @DanielEllsberg @RobertEllsberg @nytimes
My generation grew up with this lesson, one of the most exiting in the history of journalism
Replying to @DanielEllsberg @RobertEllsberg @nytimes
I saw you speak about Vietnam at the University of Manitoba, in Canada, perhaps in 1972 or 3. It was a packed house and you were an inspiration. Dick Gregory and Daniel Berrigan may also have been on the bill.
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It’s pretty bad when they don’t ask the subject of the story for comment.
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Stunning deceit by Sheehan as reporter violating integrity of @DanielEllsberg in stringing him along. No wonder he didn’t want his spin on truth let out. Shame on @nytimes not fact checking w/ Ellsberg 1st. Good news? Pentagon Papers on Lie of Vietnam published in public interest
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Replying to @DanielEllsberg @RobertEllsberg @nytimes
Far away, over here in Scotland, my 80 year old Dad knows all about what you did. He found me an old copy of the Pentagon papers in a charity shop after I gave him your recent nuclear book (I also gave him Robert's daily saints book, which he loves). People know.
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Replying to @DanielEllsberg @RobertEllsberg @nytimes
I am an FEDERAL EEO Investigator for the US EEOC's Los Angeles District Office. We are facing massive amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse. I would like to talk about how it affects Angelenos suffering from labor trafficking, harassment, discrimination, & whistle blower retaliation
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🙏💚✊️🌹
Replying to @DanielEllsberg @RobertEllsberg @nytimes
We are in your debt for your courage to be “The Most Dangerous Man in America”. Thank you.
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