
Daniel Ellsberg
Self (Narraror)
Acting
![Patricia Ellsberg]()
Patricia Ellsberg
Self
Acting
![John Dean]()
John Dean
Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon
Acting

Howard Zinn
Self - Historian
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![Peter Arnett]()
Peter Arnett
Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)
Acting
![Ben Bagdikian]()
Ben Bagdikian
Self - Editor, Washington Post
Acting
![Ann Beeson]()
Ann Beeson
Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU
Acting
![Robert Ellsberg]()
Robert Ellsberg
Self - Daniel's Son
Acting
![Richard Falk]()
Richard Falk
Self - Professor of International Law
Acting
![Max Frankel]()
Max Frankel
Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times
Acting
![J. William Fulbright]()
J. William Fulbright
Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)
Acting
![James Goodale]()
James Goodale
Self - General Counsel, New York Times
Acting
![Mike Gravel]()
Mike Gravel
Self - Senator (D-Alaska)
Acting
![Morton Halperin]()
Morton Halperin
Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin)
Acting

Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)
Acting
![Randy Kehler]()
Randy Kehler
Self - Draft Resister
Acting
![Bud Krogh]()
Bud Krogh
Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh)
Acting
![Pete McCloskey]()
Pete McCloskey
Self - Representative, California
Acting

Robert McNamara
Self (archive footage)
Acting
![Wayne Morse]()
Wayne Morse
Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)
Acting

Richard Nixon
Self - President (archive footage)
Acting
![Thomas Oliphant]()
Thomas Oliphant
Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant)
Acting

Dan Rather
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
Acting
![Tony Russo]()
Tony Russo
Self - RAND Analyst
Acting
![Thomas Schelling]()
Thomas Schelling
Self - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate
Acting
![Hedrick Smith]()
Hedrick Smith
Self - Reporter, New York Times
Acting
![Janaki Tschannerl]()
Janaki Tschannerl
Self - Peace Activist
Acting

Leonard Weinglass
Self - Russo Defense Attorney
Acting