Film: The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (dir by Judih Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, ITVS, 2009)

I just saw a magnificent documentary. It's about how a pro-military decision-analyst at the RAND Corporation had a series of experiences (first as a child, then at the Pentagon, in Vietnam, and at meetings of activist groups) that made him decide that the U.S. Congress and the American Public had no true idea of the real policy of war-making the United States had pursued in Vietnam for decades, and that he would chage that. His photocopying of a Pentagon study eventually set in motion events that brought down a U.S. President (the impeachment and resignation of Richard Nixon), led to a critical U.S. Supreme Court decision on Freedom of the Press, and contributed to ending a major debacle and military quagmire. If you want to see a film about a true patriot, who risked life-in-prison and gave up his career to serve the higher values this country should be about, see this documentary by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith.

The Most Dangerous Man in America Website