Daniel Ellsberg

[JDThomas]

Just doing a casual search on Daniel Ellsberg, after noticing the Pentagon Papers documentary nomination at the Oscars, I saw that its claimed that Ellsberg worked for ED Landsdale at the State depatment.Does anyone know what Landsdale was actually up to at the State department and has Ellsberg ever given details about his recollections of Lansdale to anyone?

[kenmurray]

Here is Ellsberg's website if that might help:http://www.ellsberg.net/Remote viewing timeline:http://www.sc-i-r-s-ology.pair.com/rvti ... index.html

[kenmurray]

Daniel Ellsberg: Secrets - Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF8nuvGyngU

[JDThomas]

Ellsberg's site was largely disappointing. I did do a search for Lansdale in the archive. but it yielded few results.One result did look interesting: memo with Lansdale regarding 'Ky' candidature in upcoming election, but following the link ..page not found.I was interested to find that many of Lansdale's papers were lost in a fire at his home - wouldn't happen to have been a bonfire would it? It just won't do to leave a paper trail behind!

[ThomZajac]

Ellsberg worked for Lansdale- VERY interesting? Do we know what years that may have been?

[Phil Dragoo]

These examples have to make certain aspects of the release and publication of the Pentagon Papers deeply suspect, especially since the man who says he released these vast volumes to the newspapers, Daniel Ellsberg, was ideally suited for this role by virtue of his Vietnam experience with the very same Edward G. Lansdale. No matter what one might wish to believe the intentions of Ellsberg were when he did this, it would be most difficult to accept that he of all people did not know all the facts. And if he did know all of the facts I have described, why did he want to make it appear that it was Pentagon policymakers who went ahead "despite the intelligence estimates prepared by their most senior intelligence officials"? Why has so much care been taken to make it appear that these are papers from the Pentagon that he has dumped on the news media's doorstep? Why has no one made the proper distinction that the majority of these documents were not really Pentagon originated at all, but were originated in, among other places, the CIA (Covert side)? Certainly if his facts, as well as those presented by The New York Times, are right, the CIA (Covert side) was in a much better position to heed its own CIA (Intelligence side) warnings and advice than any other department or agency in Washington. http://www.ratical.com/ratville/JFK/ST/STchp3i.htmlThe former marine goes to Vietnam for two years in the shadow of Lansdale, presumably 1965-7; initially optimistic, becomes convinced "we cannot win."