The Most Dangerous Man in America : Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

The Most Dangerous Man in America:

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies, and he leaks 7,000 pages of top secret documents to The New York Times, making headlines around the world. Hailed as a hero, vilified as a traitor, and ostracized by even his closest colleagues, Ellsberg risks life in prison to stop a war he helped plan.

 

Produced by Rick Goldsmith and Judith Ehrlich

 

2010 Academy Award Nomination