"The Pentagon Papers were political dynamite because they told what had really been going on in Vietnam. That was in contrast with the official line, regularly presented by top government and military officials, who blatantly lied to the public about the Vietnam War. For example, the official line was that the war was going well, when actually there was plenty of inside information that it wasn't," for many years (Martin 2003). The Nixon Administration tried to suppress the release of the Pentagon Papers through an injunction, but the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the president. Ellsberg's actions not only helped bring an end to the Vietnam War, and perhaps saved lives of American servicemen, but also established that the authority of the executive branch of government was not above the law, and could not use national security as a defense to cover up whatever unpleasant information it chose. Ellsberg is a powerful example of the need for whistleblowers. Only someone with access to Pentagon intelligence and the ability to understand how the information contradicted the official image of the Vietnam War...
Ellsberg's career is an argument for the need for employees to have courage and discretion in evaluating the ethics of their organization and their duties. As former military man, this was particularly difficult for Ellsberg, and only an ex-marine with profound emotional and intellectual courage could have been capable of such a patriotic action, although the Nixon Administration attempted to demonize him as 'The Most Dangerous Man in America' (Pinkerton 2010).
American Experience in Vietnam In analyzing the Vietnam War from a historian's perspective, it is necessary to consider the cultural and social contexts of the conflict, the role played by presidential leadership, and the role played by diplomatic negotiations. In all of these realms, though, the historian can reduce the most important lesson of the Vietnam War to a single word: truth. An examination of the Vietnam War from each of
(Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)) "After spending 85 days in jail for not giving up the name of source Lewis 'Scooter' Libby as part of the controversial CIA leak case in 2005, former New York Times reporter Judith Miller could say she has a vested interest in getting a federal journalism shield law on the books. Since leaving the Times, Miller has become an advocate for the shield law."
Introduction Robert Mueller was appointed by George W. Bush to serve a ten year term as the 6th Director of the FBI from 2001 to 2013 (Obama granted him a two year extension). Today, appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Mueller is heading the Special Counsel investigation into the long-standing claim that Russia “hacked” the 2016 presidential elections, though the investigation has been said to be more wide ranging than
However, as Schwarcz notes, the reasonable expectations doctrine fails in practical use for several reasons. Whie th doctrine may have widespread support from insurance law commentators, "Only a handful of state courts follow the rule, and the case law endorsing it is confused and inconsistent. Moreover, contract law scholars have largely debunked the contracts-of-adhesion argument on which the reasonable expectations doctrine was originally justified. They have established that neither consumer
Wiki Leaks The whistle-blowing WikiLeaks is an online organization situated in Sweden; this organization distributed records termed "the diplomatic cables" from U.S. foreign negotiators on November 28, 2010. Upon their distribution, lawmakers from all corners of the U.S. political space censured the organization (Steinmetz). Within a brief time period, WikiLeaks turned into the biggest and most famous whistle-blowing organization on the planet. Due partially to the release of huge amounts of
Information Technology in the Era of WikiLeaks Introduction The protection of America’s secrets, military information, data obtained through surveillance, and so on has been a top priority since Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks came on the scene. Julian Assange, now under arrest in England, and wanted in connection with the Manning hacking of federal documents, is the emblem of the information wars being conducted in the Digital Age. For some, Assange
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