2023-06-17 20:02:00
The U.S. is to evaluate the Vietnam War. The Department of Defense sent Daniel Ellsberg to Vietnam in 1965. 18 months in the war land… He went with the soldiers in villages and jungles. And so began Daniel Ellsberg’s conversion of heart.
Daniel is a man who transforms adversity. Born in Chicago on April 7, 1931, Ellsberg grew up in Detroit, Michigan. His mother Adele wanted him to become a musician. During his teenage years, he used to practice piano for hours every day. In 1946, his musical training ended after his mother and sister were killed in a car accident. Father Harry fell asleep which led to the car accident. Daniel joined the army after receiving his doctorate from Harvard University. He then joined the Pentagon.
The Pentagon sent Daniels to Vietnam as part of the peace process. It was the beginning of a change. It was the futility of war that made him change his mind. The next change came as the stay in Vietnam drew to a close – the war was not “won” even if it was won. He made it clear in his 2003 book, “Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.” After returning to the U.S. in 1967, he and 35 other officers were tasked with documenting the history of the Vietnam conflict. That was the beginning of the Pentagon Papers.
The Pentagon Papers
The 7,000-page report was completed in two years. One thing became clear to Daniel in that study. US on the Vietnam War A lot of what was said is false. More than one U.S. Presidents mislead people about war… US at war Presidents also knew that they were unlikely to succeed. His mind said, everything should be told openly.
The first step was to resign from the study group. Then colleague Anthony J. Russo Jr. collected photocopies of 47 volumes of the Pentagon Papers. An anti-war campaign was going on all over the country at that time.
The first decision was to fight within the system. Partial copies of the Pentagon Papers were given to Senator J. William Fulbright, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and to the U.S. Congress members were also given. No action was taken. Finally, New York Times reporter Neil Sheehna approached. He met Neil during the Vietnam War. In March 1971, Neil arrived at Daniel’s house. It was during that discussion that the Pentagon Papers were publicly released. The two also agreed to keep Daniel’s involvement confidential when the article was published in The New York Times.
On June 13, 1971, the newspaper published the first part of the Pentagon Papers. The Nixon administration’s response was swift. The government was able to obtain a federal court order against publication of the documents. The government argued that printing the documents was a threat to national security and punishable under the Espionage Act.
As the conflict between the New York Times and the government intensified, Daniel went into hiding. He also handed over documents to other newspapers. With this, newspapers including the Washington Post also followed the Pentagon Papers. With this, the government is trying to catch Daniel. On June 18, the Washington Post also began publishing the Pentagon Papers. Later, Boston Globe, Chicago Suntimes, St. Louis Post-Dispatch… the media started giving news one by one. If one newspaper is banned from publishing the Pentagon Papers, the next newspaper will do so… 17 newspapers have taken possession of the Pentagon Papers… and the case has been tightened in court.
In 1971, Ellseberg was indicted in federal court in Los Angeles on charges of theft, espionage, and conspiracy. But before the jury could reach a verdict, the judge dismissed the case, citing serious government abuse, including illegal wiretapping. The US Supreme Court later ruled in favor of freedom of the press. At one point in the case, one of President Nixon’s aides told him that the F.B.I. The judge said the director had offered him a job. The downfall of Richard Nixon, who was then president, began from there.
Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of the Guardian newspaper, said that Ellsbergen was a journalist who changed the US approach to the media. “His intervention radically influenced public opinion in the Vietnam War. Later, the US administration did not dare to sue the media in the name of national security,” Rusbridger said.
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