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Daniel Ellsberg and Jeffrey Sterling: The Need for Accountability of Power
First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
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Daniel Ellsberg and Jeffrey Sterling: The Need for Accountability of Power
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM with First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley presents

DANIEL ELLSBERG + JEFFREY STERLING
The Need for Accountability of Power
Hosted by Norman Solomon
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Wednesday, April 17, 7:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana Street, Berkeley, CA
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This important discussion between two major American whistleblowers will focus on the urgent need to end unaccountable power in this country.  

Daniel Ellsberg is an American activist and former United States military analyst formerly employed by the RAND Corporation, who precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers. In1973, Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act  along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years. Due to governmental misconduct and illegal evidence-gathering, and the defense by Leonard Boudin and Harvard Law School Professor Charles Nesson, Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. dismissed all charges against Ellsberg on May 11, 1973.  Ellsberg was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2006. He is also known for having formulated an important example in decision theory, the Ellsberg paradox, and for having voiced support for WikiLeaks, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden.  Ellsberg was awarded the 2018 Olof Palme Prize for his profound humanism and exceptional moral courage.

Jeffery Sterling is a former CIA agent convicted under the Espionage Act for talking to a New York Times reporter who was released from prison after serving more than two years of his 42-month sentence. Sterlings case drew nationwide attention because the Obama-era Department of Justice unsuccessfully tried to force the reporter, James Risen, to divulge the identity of his sources for State of War, a book in which he revealed the CIA had botched a covert operation against Irans nuclear program. Risen reported that instead of undermining the Iranians, the CIA had provided them with useful information on how to build a nuclear bomb. The case had a racial dimension, as Sterling was one of the few black undercover operatives at the CIA. After several years of what he believed was discriminatory treatment, he filed a complaint against the agency, and then a lawsuit. The CIA fired Sterling in 2002. His lawsuit was blocked by the courts after the government argued successfully that proceeding with the suit would expose state secrets. Sterling subsequently met with Senate investigators as a whistleblower about the mismanaging of a classified program he worked on at the agency.

Norman Solomon is the author of a dozen books including "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, where he coordinates the ExposeFacts.org program for whistleblowers and press freedom. He is co-founder of RootsAction.org.

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First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley (View)
2407 Dana Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
United States

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Arts > Literary

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