Daniel Ellsberg
Self (Narraror)
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Patricia Ellsberg
Self
Acting
John Dean
Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon
Acting
Howard Zinn
Self - Historian
Acting
Peter Arnett
Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)
Acting
Ben Bagdikian
Self - Editor, Washington Post
Acting
Ann Beeson
Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU
Acting
Robert Ellsberg
Self - Daniel's Son
Acting
Richard Falk
Self - Professor of International Law
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Max Frankel
Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times
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J. William Fulbright
Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)
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James Goodale
Self - General Counsel, New York Times
Acting
Mike Gravel
Self - Senator (D-Alaska)
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Morton Halperin
Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin)
Acting
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)
Acting
Randy Kehler
Self - Draft Resister
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Bud Krogh
Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh)
Acting
Pete McCloskey
Self - Representative, California
Acting
Robert McNamara
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Wayne Morse
Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)
Acting
Richard Nixon
Self - President (archive footage)
Acting
Thomas Oliphant
Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant)
Acting
Dan Rather
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
Acting
Tony Russo
Self - RAND Analyst
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Thomas Schelling
Self - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate
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Hedrick Smith
Self - Reporter, New York Times
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Janaki Tschannerl
Self - Peace Activist
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Leonard Weinglass
Self - Russo Defense Attorney
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