Sorry, Michael Moore: 'Capitalism: A Love Story' not on short list of potential Oscar nominees Nov 19, 2009
The selections this year are "The Beaches of Agnes," ''Burma VJ," ''The Cove," ''Every Little Step," ''Facing Ali," ''Food, Inc.," ''Garbage Dreams," ''Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders," ''The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers," ''Mugabe and the White African," ''Sergio," ''Soundtrack for a Revolution," ''Under Our Skin," ''Valentino The Last Emperor" and "Which Way Home. " Five documentary features from that list will be chosen as... (FOX61, CT)
John Pilger: Iran's nuclear threat is a lie Oct 15, 2009
" That Iran would contemplate a suicidal attack on the US is preposterous. The threat, as ever, is one-way, with the world's superpower virtually ensconced on Iran's borders.Iran's crime is its independence. Having thrown out America's favourite tyrant, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Iran remains the only resource-rich Muslim state beyond US control. As only Israel has a "right to exist" in the Middle East, the US goal is to cripple the Islamic Republic. This will allow Israel to divide and dominate the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
More in Movie Reviews Sep 16, 2009
In fact, the film is a documentary: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. Top toques, not top dollar. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
What Does the L.A. Times Do Right? Sep 5, 2009
Sue Laris wrote on Sep 4, 2009 2:16 PM:" Downtown News reader Richard N. Meyer has sent a great story about Daniel Ellsberg, among his very interesting historical take on the L.A. Times:What the Los Angeles Times Gets Right a remembrance In the interest of full disclosure, my forebears arrived in Los Angeles when neither the Mirror nor the Times existed. With the union of those two papers, many families like mine grew up here. What the Times has gotten right, almost despite itself, since... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
McNamara's evil lives on (6) Jul 12, 2009
The lies are clearly revealed in the Pentagon Papers study that McNamara commissioned, but they were made public only through the bravery of Daniel Ellsberg. Yet when Ellsberg, a former Marine who had worked for McNamara in the Pentagon, was in the docket facing the full wrath of Nixon's Justice Department, McNamara would lift not a finger in his defense. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
The First Amendment, with little give-and-take Jun 29, 2009
Labor leader Eugene Debs was jailed for his opposition to World War I. During the Vietnam War, the government unsuccessfully sued Pentagon analyst Daniel Ellsberg over his release of classified documents that uncovered government lies about the conduct of the conflict. During the war on terror of George W. Bush, Americans were introduced to the USA Patriot Act, which drastically expanded government s power to monitor private conversations. (Boston Globe)
Watergate Planner Hunt's FBI File Released Jun 17, 2009
In his White House role, however, Hunt would help plan not just Watergate but a burglary at the office of the psychiatrist treating Daniel Ellsberg, the defense analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, a secret Pentagon study of the Vietnam War. The vast majority of the FBI file, however, relates to Hunt's request for a presidential pardon from President Ronald Reagan in 1981. (Newsmax)
Don't Go There Mr. President! Mar 28, 2009
(See Daniel Ellsberg, "Secrets", 2002. A regional diplomatic and political solution is possible, but not by imposing US-NATO dominance. (CBS News)
Claude Brinegar, 82; ushered in 55-mph speed limit in '70s Mar 24, 2009
A year earlier, he had demanded the firing of Egil Krogh Jr. as undersecretary of transportation after Mr. Krogh admitted that he was a leader of the "plumbers" who had burglarized the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the critic of the Vietnam War. In his spare time, Dr. Brinegar collected first editions of works by author Samuel Clemens, whose pen name was Mark Twain, and other Twain memorabilia. (Boston Globe)
