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“President Johnson put destroyers in harm's way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several times, with the, with a lot of his people hoping that it would lead to a confrontation and claiming that it had. And could have resulted in the lost of many lives in the course of it.”

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Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg, born on April 7, 1931, is an American political scientist, economist, and anti-war activist. He is known for his role in the Vietnam War, where he leaked the Pentagon Papers while serving as a senior official in the U.S. Department of Defense. more

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