The Whistleblower Who Changed History
This podcast features Government Accountability Project’s Legislative Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here.
Daniel Ellsberg, the famed whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the Washington Post, has died. On this week’s On the Media, hear about his life, how the Pentagon Papers made it to print, and the impact he had on generations of whistleblowers. Plus, the women who covered the War in Vietnam.
1. Tom Devine, legal director for the Government Accountability Project, on Daniel Ellsberg’s legacy and the ways he changed public perception of whistleblowers in the U.S. Listen.
2. Les Gelb, former columnist and former Defense Department official, on his experience leading the team that wrote the Pentagon Papers, subject of the Hollywood drama, “The Post.” Listen.
3. Seymour Hersch, on how he broke the story of My Lai — the massacre now regarded as the single most notorious atrocity of the Vietnam war. Listen.
4. Reporters Kate Webb, Jurate Kazickas [@juratekazickas], and Laura Palmer on how they covered the Vietnam War and why they went. Listen.