Daniel Ellsberg has died
Daniel Ellsberg giving advice to Henry Kissinger about security clearances, in 1968, from his book &quot;Secrets&quot;, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.motherjones.com&#x2F;kevin-drum&#x2F;2010&#x2F;02&#x2F;daniel-ellsberg-limitations-knowledge&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.motherjones.com&#x2F;kevin-drum&#x2F;2010&#x2F;02&#x2F;daniel-ellsbe...</a><p><i>&gt; You will deal with a person who doesn’t have those clearances only from the point of view of what you want him to believe and what impression you want him to go away with, since you’ll have to lie carefully to him about what you know. In effect, you will have to manipulate him. You’ll give up trying to assess what he has to say. The danger is, you’ll become something like a moron. You’ll become incapable of learning from most people in the world, no matter how much experience they may have in their particular areas that may be much greater than yours.</i>