Thursday, January 13, 2011

Screening Liberally presents: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, this Sunday at 7pm

Join Screening Liberally at Ringo's Bar and Grill, 7pm this Sunday, January 16th, for "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers."

At a time when Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is being chided by much of the American mainstream press, frozen out of financial support, and pursued by the Department of Justice, it might be a good idea to look back at the case that laid the groundwork for whistleblowing at this level:


(Here's background on Ellsberg and this award-winning documentary about him.)

Screening Liberally meets at Ringo's Bar and Grill (where they serve Portland's Best Burger), 12300 SW Broadway, in Beaverton (across the street from the Beaverton Bakery, just of Hall Boulevard. Admission is free, parking is plentiful, and the Beaverton TC MAX stop is 8 blocks away.

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