Daniel Ellsberg and Gareth Porter on McNamara’s Gulf of Tonkin Scam (mp3)

Daniel Ellsberg and Gareth Porter discuss the late-Secy. of Defense Robert McNamara’s role in hiding evidence regarding the Gulf of Tonkin Incident used to grant LBJ  authorization to use military force in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war. Mr. Ellsberg discusses the intelligence operations in North Vietnam to provoke blowback, the “Pentagon Papers” he leaked, and false-flag operations.

Howard Zinn on Robert McNamara (Video)

Howard Zinn, Marilyn Young, and Jonathan Schell discuss the “legacy” of the Vietnam Warlord for the U.S., Robert McNamara, with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!

Daily Briefing — 8th-9th July 2009

Acquitted detainees could fall under Obama’s ‘indefinite, prolonged detention’ executive order; U.K. outsourced torture to Pakistan; Report: Obama OK’s more Israel settlements; Obama Administration says Iran should be attacked and not attacked… at the same time; Uighurs could face death penalty for demonstrations in China; Cop tasers a epileptic girl 14-year-old girl, sending 50k volts to her head; Documents show Robert McNamara deceived LBJ on the Gulf of Tonkin attack; and more…