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Daniel Ellsberg Reveals Secrets of America Doomsday Machine

He famously leaked the Pentagon Papers and now reveals another big secret in his new book

12/21/2017 | Rating NR

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Daniel Ellsberg Reveals Secrets of America Doomsday Machine

Clip: 12/21/2017 | 11m 32sVideo has Closed Captions

He famously leaked the Pentagon Papers and now reveals another big secret in his new book

He leaked the Pentagon Papers expediting the end of the Vietnam war, but Daniel Ellsberg now reveals another big secret in his new book, “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.”

12/21/2017 | Rating NR

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