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Whistleblowers: An Interview with Daniel Ellsberg and John Dean

Ann Beeson | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Pentagon Papers, Church Committee, Watergate, Holder, Richard Nixon, John Dean, Film-Forum, Daniel Ellsburg, Vietnam, Torture Prosecutions, Torture, New York News
Ann Beeson

Daniel Ellsberg and John Dean discuss the Pentagon Papers 30 years later, Eric Holder, torture prosecutions, and whether public opinion matters.

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Cheney, Rumsfeld Urged CIA To Mislead Congress In The 1970s, Authors Say

Online Journal | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Church Committee, Legacy of Ashes, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Thomas Hartmann, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Lamar Waldron, Cia, Politics News

The first time Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld pressured the CIA to mislead Congress was in 1975 and 1976, when Cheney was chief of staff to President...

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Reconciling Senator Leahy's Independent Commission Proposal

Caroline Fredrickson | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Church Committee, Aclu, Patrick Leahy, Bush Administration, Obama Administration, Bush Torture, Torture, Politics News
Caroline Fredrickson

The idea of truth in government may seem naïve -- especially after President Bush's legacy of secrecy -- but it's an idea we should never lose sight of and should never stop striving for.

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