Hey 7 Fried listeners, there is a new season of American scandal available from Wendry,

and it is so intriguing. In the 1960s, as war-raged in Vietnam, an inside operative leaked top secret

documents that shocked the American public, where his actions patriotic or treasonous.

American scandal is the podcast from Wendry that explores the darker stories that have shaped

the United States, from the Unibomor to Bernie Madoff. These are stories that reveal the underbelly

of America, ruthless, secretive, and power-hungry. In the new season, American scandal looks at the

controversial decision made by a young government official named Daniel Ellsberg to leak the

Pentagon papers, the documents that led Americans to demand an end to the catastrophic Vietnam war.

The Pentagon papers revealed that the government knew the Vietnam war could not be won, but kept

fighting anyway. Once Ellsberg realized this terrible truth, he made the bold decision to leak the

documents and the consequences altered the course of American history. You're about to hear a

preview of American scandal, the Pentagon papers. While you're listening, follow American scandal

on Apple podcasts, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's October 4, 1969 in

Los Angeles, California. In an office on the west side of town, Daniel Ellsberg creeps through

a silent corridor. The night is late, and by now the office is completely cleared out.

So Ellsberg moves carefully, stalking through the hall like a burglar. He can't risk being seen

by a security guard. A moment later, Ellsberg turns a corner and arrives at a small dark room.

He steps in and flicks a light switch, and the fluorescent bulbs come flickering to life.

And there, standing in the corner of the room, is a hulking Xerox copier.

Ellsberg pauses. The Xerox machine seems almost like something out of science fiction,

something that can spit out endless copies of paper documents. And that's exactly what Ellsberg

needs right now. In his arms is a thick blue-folder labeled Vietnam task force. It contains a top secret

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