Spent ~8 hours with @DanielEllsberg & @avnercohen123 today. A question that arose: If Trump wanted to use force against DPRK, & the Pentagon had a study that outlined the risks & consequences (probably does), would someone with access be morally obligated to consider leaking it?
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Photo of Avner, Dan, and me, at Dan's house in California. And a photo of Dan while we were interviewing him.pic.twitter.com/MaDrB0h3oW
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Honestly I can't imagine an answer other than yes. I'm someone who believes that the government has the right to keep secrets, and that leaks, even ones that are "good", corrode an institution's function in a way that is often ultimately not worth it...
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BUT the human consequences of a new Korean war are so extreme and so dire and so global that worries about institutional integrity no longer matter at all. The sheer scale of the consequences of that war trump a lot of things that aren't normally trumped.
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"This president" vs. "The President"?
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