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Liddy's group attempted to assault him during a May 3, 1972 Washington anti-war rally he addressed from the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Ellsberg said...
...Ellsberg said he saw Frank W. Sturgis, a Central Intelligence Agency employee who was later convicted for the Watergate break-in, taking part in the disruption. When police arrived, Sturgis flashed his CIA credentials and persuaded them not to make any arrests, Ellsberg said...
...talk to the Niemans, Ellsberg speculated that a 1969 mining of Haiphong would have been followed by an invasion of North Vietnam and ultimately the use of tactical nuclear weapons...
...There was astonishment that Nixon announced no troop cut in that particular speech," Ellsberg told the Niemans. "He sure didn't announce escalation--but that's what he was considering. And I think that Chapin gives a hint as to why they decided to postpone that...
...Ellsberg made public his off-the-record remarks to the Niemans Tuesday, in protest of an off-the-record Faculty Club meeting Tuesday night between the fellows and CIA director William E. Colby...