Defending Rights & Dissent

55 years ago, the Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, exposing the U.S. government’s lies about the war in Vietnam.

For his courageous actions disclosing the Papers, Dan Ellsberg faced 115 years in prison on Espionage Act charges.

Dan’s son Robert on the fight for reform.

Learn more at rightsanddissent.org

June is Espionage Act History Month!

Rainey Reitman joins Defending Rights & Dissent’s campaign to highlight the ways the Espionage Act has been used to silence whistleblowers, dissenters, and journalists for over a century, and how we can reform it.

Learn more at rightsanddissent.org