Where To Stream Aftermath with William Shatner Season 2 Episode 3
The Pentagon Papers--Daniel Ellsberg
- Aired July 19, 2011
- 60 Min
When defense expert Daniel Ellsberg worked on a secret government study in 1969 about the Vietnam War, he realized that American leaders were lying to the public, they knew it was not a winnable war. Ellsberg decided to secretly copy the study and give it the nation's top newspapers. The "Pentagon Papers" became a national scandal.