Self (Narraror)

Daniel Ellsberg

Acting

Self

Patricia Ellsberg

Acting

Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon

John Dean

Acting

Self - Historian

Howard Zinn

Acting

Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)

Peter Arnett

Acting

Self - Editor, Washington Post

Ben Bagdikian

Acting

Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU

Ann Beeson

Acting

Self - Daniel's Son

Robert Ellsberg

Acting

Self - Professor of International Law

Richard Falk

Acting

Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times

Max Frankel

Acting

Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)

J. William Fulbright

Acting

Self - General Counsel, New York Times

James Goodale

Acting

Self - Senator (D-Alaska)

Mike Gravel

Acting

Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin)

Morton Halperin

Acting

Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Acting

Self - Draft Resister

Randy Kehler

Acting

Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh)

Bud Krogh

Acting

Self - Representative, California

Pete McCloskey

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Robert McNamara

Acting

Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)

Wayne Morse

Acting

Self - President (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Acting

Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant)

Thomas Oliphant

Acting

Self - Reporter (archive footage)

Dan Rather

Acting

Self - RAND Analyst

Tony Russo

Acting

Self - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate

Thomas Schelling

Acting

Self - Reporter, New York Times

Hedrick Smith

Acting

Self - Peace Activist

Janaki Tschannerl

Acting

Self - Russo Defense Attorney

Leonard Weinglass

Acting