It really is what some of us have called the beginning of the dark period. JOHN DEAN: The leak of the Pentagon Papers changed the Nixon White House. I just say that we’ve got to keep our eye on the main ball. PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON: Just because some guy is going to be a martyr, we can’t be in a position of allowing the fellow to get away with this kind of wholesale thievery, or otherwise it’s going to happen all over the government. You’ll hear White House counsel John Dean Egil Krogh, who went to prison for his part in Watergate but first, President Nixon. The clip looks at how the Nixon White House responded to the Pentagon Papers leak. This is another excerpt from the 2009 documentary The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. I’m Amy Goodman, as we continue our conversation with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Dan Ellsberg, who recently announced he’s been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer.
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