An interview with Daniel Ellsberg about his career as a whistleblower, starting from the crucial night when he heard President Johnson lie on TV about the fabricated "Gulf of Tonkin incident". Ellsberg knew, from his job, that Johnson the incident was fictitious.

" With the benefit of hindsight, I now see the Cold War as, in part, a marketing campaign for the continual, massive subsidies to the aerospace industry."

People sometimes ask me how I separate truth from lies. An important part is that I believe people like Ellsberg, and disbelieve whoever contradicts or disparages them. Likewise, I believe Edward Snowden and disbelieve whoever contradicts or disparages him.

In these areas, the pressure to lie is very strong. Ellsberg and Snowden have demonstrated they can resist it, while most people can't.