From New York, this is Democracy Now.

It was the evening of October 1st, 1969, when I first smuggled several hundred pages

of toxic conductments out of my safe at the Rand Corporation.

The study contained 47 volumes, 7,000 pages.

My plan was to zero access study and reveal a secret history of the Vietnam War to the American people.

Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has died at the age of 92, just months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

His actions helped take down President Nixon and the war in Vietnam and lead to a major victory for press freedom.

Henry Kissinger once called Ellsberg the most dangerous man in America.

Today we honor the life and legacy of Ellsberg in his own words.

If I were asked what regrets I have today they would have to do with doing a job I was asked to do that I knew was wrong for the country.

I did it to the best of my ability. The war was carried on by people who liked it like that.

We'll also look at how Daniel Ellsberg became deeply involved in the anti-nuclear movement,

which he detailed in his book The Doomsday Machine, Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner,

and his concerns about Ukraine, China, and more. All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org the War in Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has wrapped up a two-day trip to China. On Monday he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing for half an hour,

as both sides expressed a desire to stabilize relations, to relieve soaring tensions between the world powers.

Blinken also met with China's top foreign affairs official Wang Yi, who urged the United States to stop hyping up the threat posed by China.

Blinken is the first US Secretary of State to visit China since 2018. This is Chinese President Xi Jinping.

State-to-state interaction should always be based on mutual respect and sincerity.

I hope that through this visit, Mr. Secretary, you will make more positive contributions to stabilizing China's US relations.

After the talks concluded, Antony Blinken spoke to reporters in Beijing.

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