3 Julian Assange

On Dec. 9, 2006, an unsolicited e-mail arrived for Daniel Ellsberg, the whistle-blower of Vietnam War renown. The return address said only "WikiLeaks," and the...

Television: Battle on Two Fronts

As TV news bureaus send reporters TO boot camp and work graphic designers and theme-music writers overtime to get ready for Iraq, we're hearing an old truism...

The Nation: Ellsberg: The Battle Over the Right to Know

FURTIVE nocturnal phone calls from strangers offering secret documents. Eager editors excitedly following terse instructions to pick up bags containing...

Books: Damned Spot

PAPERS ON THE WAR by DANIEL ELLSBERG 309 pages. Simon & Schuster. $7.95. In the summer of '65, Richard Nixon, the most prominent partner of a prominent Wall...

TRIALS: In Their Own Defense

On at least four occasions, the judge presiding over Criminal Case 9373 had to admonish observers for nodding off to sleep. The United States of America v...

TRIALS: Practicing on Ellsberg

Long before they were caught trying to bug Democratic headquarters in Washington, the Watergate conspirators were apparently getting plenty of practice at...

Behavior: Secondhand Shrinking

Daniel Ellsberg is a man prone to "apparently sudden and extreme shifts in loyalty and enthusiasm." Always wrestling with a submissive side of his personality...

TRIALS: Pentagon Papers: Case Dismissed

I HAVE decided to declare a mistrial and grant the motion to dismiss." With these 13 terse words, Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. ended one of the most...

The Law: The Ellsberg Tangle

Despite all the original excitement about the Pentagon papers, the trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo opened in an atmosphere of ennui. The spectators'...

The Nation: The Crack in Ehrlichman's Stonewall

For John Ehrlichman, it was a hang-tough defense all the way. On trial in federal court in Washington for authorizing the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's...