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. (more…)
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Daniel Ellsberg and Gareth Porter on McNamara’s Gulf of Tonkin Scam (mp3)
Posted: 8 July 2009 by Editors in Political ScienceTags: 9/11, American Revolution, AntiWar radio, Barry Goldwater, covert operations, Daniel Ellsberg, false flag operation, Gareth Porter, George Bush, Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, international law, Iraq War, LBJ, Newspeak, Osama bin Laden, Pentagon Papers, Robert McNamara, Scott Horton, secrecy, terrorism, Tonkin Gulf, Tony Blair, treason, US, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War, War on Terror
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