50 yrs ago today, May 11 1973, charges against my father and Tony Russo were dismissed by their judge on the grounds of gross government misconduct. My father had faced 115 yrs in prison for copying the Pentagon Papers.

At his arrest in 1971 he was asked if he feared jail: "Wouldn't you go to jail if it would help end this war?" As it turned out, he did help end the war, and thanks to Nixon's crimes, he was able to spend the last 50 years working for peace--as he will with his last breath.