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The Greatness of Daniel Ellsberg, From Heroic Vietnam War Whistleblower to Fearless Free Press Activist. Plus: Activists Force a Science Journal to Retract a Trans Study | SYSTEM UPDATE #101

System Update with Glenn Greenwald

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The War in Vietnam Was Launched on Exactly the Same Basis as the Iraq War

Danielle'sburg knew that James Clapper was lying when he went before the Senate in 2013 and denied that the NSA was collecting huge amounts of spying data on American citizens because Edward Snowden threw his access to classified documents held in his hands. Ellsberg too knew he was risking life in prison to reveal this information but following in the footsteps of Danielle'sburg decided that the only ethical choice that he could live the rest of his life in peace was to know that at the moment of truth he didn't back down from doing the thing that he knew was right. And that's exactly what Ellsberg did.

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