
Daniel Ellsberg Reveals Secrets of America Doomsday Machine
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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.”
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Daniel Ellsberg Reveals Secrets of America Doomsday Machine
Clip: 12/21/2017 | 11m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
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.”
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