美国最危险的人

"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "Imperial" Presidency-answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people-in order to help end the Vietnam War. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg shook America to its foundations when he smuggled a top-secret Pentagon study to the New York Times that showed how five Presidents consistently lied to the American people about the Vietnam War that was killing millions and tearing America apart. President Nixon's National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger called Ellsberg "the most dangerous man in America," who "had to be stopped at all costs." But Ellsberg wasn't stopped. Facing 115 years in prison on espionage and conspiracy charges, he fought back. Ensuing events surrounding the so-called Pentagon Papers led directly to Watergate and the downfall of President Nixon, and hastened the end of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg's relentless telling of truth to power, which exposed the secret deeds of an "Imperial Presidency," inspired Americans of all walks of life to forever question the previously-unchallenged pronouncements of its leaders. "The Most Dangerous Man in America" tells the inside story, for the first time on film, of this pivotal event that changed history and transformed our nation's political discourse. It is told largely by the players of that dramatic episode-Ellsberg, his colleagues, family and critics; Pentagon Papers authors and government officials; Vietnam veterans and anti-war activists; Watergate principals, attorneys and the journalists who both covered the story and were an integral part of it; and finally-through White House audiotapes-President Nixon and his inner circle of advisors.

第82届奥斯卡金像奖最佳纪录长片(提名)

只有英文字幕，作为英语学渣还是认真看完了。很精彩也很动人，所有的阴暗和无奈都已经被归纳为某种制度性东西，我们似乎沉默就好，可是那些为真理挺身而出的人，还是会让人热泪盈眶。

没有中文字幕,...英文差伤不起啊。不过好像没有很深入，还是看林达的书讲得比较好

艾斯伯格这样的人永远最令我充满敬意。你可以懦弱不敢言，你可以选择为了前途/家人/朋友/同事而妥协，但是在你心里要有是非，当英雄出现的时候要认得他，祝福他，不要恶意揣测，妄图把他拉得和你一样低。

拥有了所谓的民族气质，就果真能够获得结构稳定的集体精神么？然终于只是所谓的。PS：睡前重口味药引，续待中字。

A man that can be called truly beautiful.

2010/3/28 7:15pm SP 這個愈來愈講求物質與商業的社會, 漸漸失去了公義。Daniel 的確感動了我, 香港何時會出現這一個人? 值得我們深思的是: 究竟越戰和阿富汗及伊拉克戰爭有什麼相同之處? 究竟美國總統一代換一代, 但政治體制和模式又有沒有進步過呢?