Inspired by Daniel Ellsberg’s vast collection of personal papers, recently acquired by University of Massachusetts Special Collections and University Archives, this free online conference brings together more than two dozen distinguished historians, journalists, activists, whistleblowers, and former policymakers on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Ellsberg’s leak of the Pentagon Papers.
Neta C. Crawford, Azmat Khan, Nick Turse, and Craig Whitlock, with Charles Sennott (moderator)
May 1: 3:15pm - 4:45pm
Hear from leading journalists and scholars, including political scientist and co-director of the Costs of War Project Neta C. Crawford, investigative journalist and professor Azmat Khan, war-reporter and author Nick Turse, and Craig Whitlock, the Washington Post journalist who broke the Afghanistan Papers story.