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Daniel Ellsberg
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During the Vietnam War, the people were in the dark.
During the Vietnam War, the people were in the dark.
The year is 1969. The United States is waging a war in Vietnam American citizens are protesting.
Under the cover of night, Daniel Ellsberg and his colleague make photocopies of more than 7,000 pages of documents detailing the United State's instigation and longstanding involvement in the war.
What follows is a constitutional battle over free speech, public uproar over the war, and the start of Richard Nixon's storied "plumber" taskforce. This legal battle would come to require transparency, no matter the discomfort it creates.
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