I knew years before the Pentagon Papers came out that the Americans were being lied in to an essentially hopeless war. I'm not proud of the fact that it didn't occur to me that my oath of office, which was to support the Constitution, called on me to put that information out and say, ‘64, when the war might have been avoided. But I certainly am glad that I finally came aware of what my real responsibilities were there. And I did put it out years later. At times, at that time, which published it, the "Times,” and the 18 other newspapers, which defied President Nixon's injunctions and did put it out, were in the position of Julian Assange is in now.