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7:30 pm JEFFREY STERLING AND DANIEL ELLSBERG – Truth and Consequences with Norman Solomon @ first Congregational Church of Berkeley
JEFFREY STERLING AND DANIEL ELLSBERG – Truth and Consequences with Norman Solomon @ first Congregational Church of Berkeley
Nov 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
This important discussion between two major American whisteblowers will focus on the urgent need to end unaccountable government power. Daniel Ellsberg is an American activist and former United States military analyst formerly employed by the RAND Corporation. He precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers. In1973, Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act  along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years. Due to governmental misconduct and illegal … Continued