Story :"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "imperial" presidency – answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people – in order to help end the Vietnam War.
Cast
Daniel EllsbergSelf (Narraror)
Patricia EllsbergSelf
John DeanSelf - White House Counsel to President Nixon
Howard ZinnSelf - Historian
Peter ArnettSelf - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)
Ben BagdikianSelf - Editor, Washington Post
Ann BeesonSelf - Associate Legal Director, ACLU
Robert EllsbergSelf - Daniel's Son
Richard FalkSelf - Professor of International Law
Max FrankelSelf - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times
J. William FulbrightSelf - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)
James GoodaleSelf - General Counsel, New York Times
Mike GravelSelf - Senator (D-Alaska)
Morton HalperinSelf - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin)
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)
Randy KehlerSelf - Draft Resister
Bud KroghSelf - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh)
Pete McCloskeySelf - Representative, California
Robert McNamaraSelf (archive footage)
Wayne MorseSelf - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf - President (archive footage)
Thomas OliphantSelf - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant)
Dan RatherSelf - Reporter (archive footage)
Tony RussoSelf - RAND Analyst
Thomas SchellingSelf - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate